Study Guide, Test 2

Test 2 will be completed in-class, without reference material.  It will be a 1-hour test.

Without reference materials, students should be able to:

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Find the position of the minima in the Fraunhofer diffraction pattern of a single slit.

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Describe the Fraunhofer diffraction pattern of a circular aperture and comment on how this limits the resolving power of optical instruments.

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Calculate the maximum resolution of optical instruments

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Solve simple problems involving two-slit and multiple-slit interference.

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Work problems involving interference from thin films.

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Define temporal and spatial coherence.

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Describe the essential features of a LASER.

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Describe how images can be processed by manipulating their Fourier transform.

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Describe the essential features of optical processing.

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Define the point-spread function and elaborate on the convolution theorem.

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Define linear, elliptical, and circular polarization and how to produce linear and circular polarized light beams.

Review the notes, assignments 6-9, and in-class problems 8 - 12.

Example Test 2

Example Test 2, solutions