ECE 41200 - Introduction to Engineering Optics

Course Details

Lecture Hours: 3 Credits: 3

Counts as:

  • EE Elective

Normally Offered:

Each Fall

Requisites:

ECE 31100 and ECE 30100 [may be taken concurrently].

Catalog Description:

The control and characteristics of optical radiation are covered. Applications to optical instrumentation, thin films, holography and polarizing optics are discussed.

Course Objectives:

The student should be able to: Analyze simple optical systems consisting of lenses, stops, reflectors and prisms, determine and use principal points and focal points, and calculate and describe optical aberrations. Analyze and design polarization systems, including wave plates, optically active materials, and Faraday rotators. Analyze interfermeters such as the Michelson, Fabry-Perot, thin film and double-slit. Analyze Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction patterns, design simple spatial filters, determine and use transfer functions of optical systems, and apply these principles to holography.

Required Text(s):

  1. Fundamentals of Photonics , E.A. Saleh & Malvin Carl Teich , Wiley-Interscience , 2007 , ISBN No. 9780471358329

Recommended Text(s):

None.

Lecture Outline:

Lectures Topic
1-11 Intro (1) - Ray Optics (10): Reflection, Refraction, Snell's Law (1) Huygens principle, Fermat principle (1), Simple optical components, Reflectors, Mirrors, Prisms (3), Thin lenses (1), Thick lenses, lens systems (1), Chromatic and achromatic aberrations (2), Ray matrices (2)
12-22 Wave Optics (11): Monochromatic waves, Optical components, Reflection and refraction by EM approach (2), Diffraction gratings (1), Superposition of waves (2), Interference (2), Two-beam interferometers, Temporal coherence (2), Multiple-beam interferometers, Thin films (1), Spatial coherence (1)
23-26 Beam Optics (4): Gaussian beams (2), Transmission through optical components (2) Fourier Optics (10): Plane waves, Huygens-Fresnel principle (1), Optical Fourier transform (1), Diffraction, Fraunhofer diffraction, Fresnel diffraction (3), Image formation, Filtering, Transfer function (4), Holography (1)
37-43 Polarization Optics (7): Polarization, Jones Calculus (2), polarizers Waveplates (2), Optical Activity, Liquid Crystals (2), Faraday Rotation, Optical Isolators (1)
2 Tests

Assessment Method:

none