MECH&AE C186
Applied Optics
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours; outside study, six hours. Requisite: Physics 1C. Fundamental principles of optical systems. Geometric optics and aberration theory. Diffraction and interference. Fourier optics, beam optics. Propagation of light, Snell's law, and Huygen principle. Refraction and reflection. Plane waves, spherical waves, and image formation. Total internal reflection. Polarization, polarizers, and wave-plates. Lenses and aberrations, lens laws and formation of images, resolution and primary aberrations. Simple optical instruments, still cameras, shutters, apertures. Design of telescopes, microscope design, projection system design. Interference, Young's slit experiment and fringe visibility, Michelson interferometer, multiple-beam interference and thin film coatings. Diffraction theory, Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction, Fresnel zone plate. Fiber optics, waveguides and modes, fiber coupling, types of fiber: single and multimode. Concurrently scheduled with course C286. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Most Helpful Review
Spring 2024 - Professor Chiou doesn't teach you much about Optics. At times it's not even enough to do the homework or exams, and the information you need isn't included in the slides, lectures, or even textbook. You have to piece everything together from past homework solutions, past exam solutions (which have little or no information), or random physics forums, while the professor claims everything is in the slides. At least the grading curve is good (undergrads & grads are curved separately, average for both is an A-).
Spring 2024 - Professor Chiou doesn't teach you much about Optics. At times it's not even enough to do the homework or exams, and the information you need isn't included in the slides, lectures, or even textbook. You have to piece everything together from past homework solutions, past exam solutions (which have little or no information), or random physics forums, while the professor claims everything is in the slides. At least the grading curve is good (undergrads & grads are curved separately, average for both is an A-).
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