Engineering Optics - ME58700
This course is to cover some basic principles in geometrical and physical optics and help students develop related design and analysis capability. This can help students in their future design, analysis, measurement and other engineering work related to optics.
Learning Objective:
To understand some basic principles in geometrical and physical optics, and develop capability for related design and analysis.
Description:
This course is to cover some basic principles in geometrical and physical optics and help students develop related design and analysis capability. This can help students in their future design, analysis, measurement and other engineering work related to optics.
Topics Covered:
- Introduction to Physical Optics and Electromagnetic Waves
- Fresnel Equations
- Polarization
- Optical Properties of Materials
- Geometrical Optics (such as Reflection, Refraction, Matrix Method)
- Interference
- Multilayer Films
- Coherence
- Diffraction
- Laser Beam Propagation
- Other topics (if there is enough time left)
Prerequisites:
Students need to have knowledge in college-level general physics, calculus and linear algebra. In particular, students need to have the basic knowledge in electromagnetism, matrix and vector calculation.
Applied / Theory:
0/100
Web Address:
https://purdue.brightspace.com
Homework:
It is expected that a total of 6 to 7 homework assignments will be given.
Textbooks:
F.L. Pedrotti, L.S. Pedrotti, and L.M. Pedrotti, Introduction to Optics, Third Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall