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:
Find the position of the minima in the Fraunhofer diffraction pattern of a single slit. | |
Describe the Fraunhofer diffraction pattern of a circular aperture and comment on how this limits the resolving power of optical instruments. | |
Calculate the maximum resolution of optical instruments | |
Solve simple problems involving two-slit and multiple-slit interference. | |
Work problems involving interference from thin films. | |
Define temporal and spatial coherence. | |
Describe the essential features of a LASER. | |
Describe how images can be processed by manipulating their Fourier transform. | |
Describe the essential features of optical processing. | |
Define the point-spread function and elaborate on the convolution theorem. | |
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.