Calendar

2.71
LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction; Photons, EM Spectrum

Reflection and Refraction
Homework 1 posted 
2 Total Internal Reflection, Waveguiding

Prisms, Paraboloidal Reflectors
3 Introduction to Lenses Homework 1 due

Homework 2 posted
4 Geometrical Optics - Lenses
5 Apertures and Stops

The Human Eye

Reflective Optics, Scheimpflug Condition
Homework 2 due

Homework 3 posted
6 Optical Systems
7 Geometrical Optics Overview Homework 3 due

Practice problems posted
8 Quiz 1
9 Aberrations, Optical Design

Electromagnetic Waves, Maxwell's Equations
Homework 4 posted
10 Properties of Electromagnetic Waves

Polarization, Two-beam Interference
Homework 4 due

Homework 5 posted
11 Fabry-Perot Interferometer
12 Lasers; Coherence

Spatial Fourier Transforms
Homework 5 due

Homework 6 posted
13 The Spatial Frequency Domain
14 Frensel and Fraunhofer Diffraction Homework 6 due

Homework 7 posted
15 Wave Description of Lenses

Fourier-transforming Property of Lenses
16 Coherent Imaging Using Lenses Homework 7 due

Homework 8 posted
17 Review of Coherent Imaging and Spatial Filtering
18 Incoherent Imaging

Resolution of Imaging Systems
Homework 8 due

Homework 9 posted
19 Aberration Effects on Resolution

Resolution Beyond the Diffraction Limit
20 Fourier Optics Overview Homework 9 due

Practice problems posted
21 Quiz 2
22 Wavefront Modulation Homework 10 posted
23 Introduction to Holography
24 Volume Holography, Applications

2.710 Project Presentations
Homework 10 due

Practice problems posted
25 Image Restoration
26 Modern Optics: 3D Imaging, Nano-photonics
General Review


2.710
LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction; Photons, EM Spectrum

Reflection and Refraction
Homework 1 posted 
2 Total Internal Reflection, Waveguiding

Prisms, Paraboloidal Reflectors
3 Introduction to Lenses Homework 1 due

Homework 2 posted
4 Geometrical Optics - Lenses
5 Apertures and Stops

The Human Eye

Reflective Optics, Scheimpflug Condition
Homework 2 due

Homework 3 posted
6 Optical Systems
7 Geometrical Optics Overview Homework 3 due

Practice problems posted
8 Quiz 1
9 Aberrations, Optical Design

Electromagnetic Waves, Maxwell's Equations
Homework 4 posted
10 Properties of Electromagnetic Waves

Polarization, Two-beam Interference
Homework 4 due

Homework 5 posted
11 Fabry-Perot Interferometer
12 Lasers; Coherence

Spatial Fourier Transforms
Homework 5 due

Homework 6 posted
13 The Spatial Frequency Domain
14 Frensel and Fraunhofer Diffraction Homework 6 due

Homework 7 posted
15 Wave Description of Lenses

Fourier-transforming Property of Lenses

Project Assignments
16 Coherent Imaging Using Lenses Homework 7 due

Homework 8 posted
17 Review of Coherent Imaging and Spatial Filtering
18 Incoherent Imaging

Resolution of Imaging Systems
Homework 8 due

Homework 9 posted
19 Aberration Effects on Resolution

Resolution Beyond the Diffraction Limit
20 Fourier Optics Overview Homework 9 due

Practice problems posted
21 Quiz 2
22 Wavefront Modulation Homework 10 posted
23 Introduction to Holography
24 Volume Holography, Applications

Project Presentations
Homework 10 due

Practice problems posted
25 Image Restoration
26 Modern Optics: 3D Imaging, Nano-photonics
General Review