 | Module 1: Optical design
Review of geometrical optics,
matrix methods, ray tracing, image formation, and aberrations
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| Module 2: EM waves in lih and non-isotropic media
The propagation of electromagnetic waves in isotropic and
anisotropic media, energy density and power flow, the origin of the
index of refraction
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| Module 3: Plane waves at interfaces
Plane waves at dielectric-dielectric boundaries, the Fresnel
transmission coefficient, polarization by reflection, total internal
reflection, reflection gratings
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| Module 4: Diffraction and Gaussian beams
Fresnel diffraction theory in the paraxial approximation, the
Fraunhofer limit, optical processing by a thin lens, Gaussian beams
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| Module 5: Optical wave guides
Modes in a non-uniform dielectric, the dielectric slab wave
guide, the single mode fiber, pulse propagation
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| Module 7: Acousto-optic modulators
Diffraction by an acoustic wave, acousto-optic amplitude
modulators, actively mode-locked lasers
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| Module 8: Some non-linear systems
The nonlinear index of refraction, self-focusing, solitons in
fibers, optical limiting, the electro-optic effect.
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| Module 9: Second-order processes
Second harmonic generation, optical rectification, parametric
up-convertion, parametric amplification
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| Module 10: Photons and atoms
Optical tweezers, light-atom interactions, laser cooling,
magneto-optical traps |
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