Course Outline: Optics & Photonics I
EECS 334 - Winter 2011
Instructor:
Professor Stephen C. Rand - scr@eecs.umich.edu (ERB1 3102)
Office Hours: Tu,Th (12:00-1:00 pm) & F (12:30-1:00 pm) Tel: 763-6810
Grad. Student Instructor (GSI): None
Lectures:
T,Th 10:30 am -12:00 pm in Chrysler 165 (& Discussion F 11:30-12:30 pm,
in same location will present demonstrations, outside speakers, review)
Textbooks:
F.L. Pedrotti, Introduction to Optics, 3rd edition, Prentice-Hall, 2007.
On Reserve: 1. G.R. Fowles, Introduction to Modern Optics, Dover, 2nd edition, 1989.
2. E. Hecht, Optics, Addison-Wesley, 3rd edition, 1998.
3. M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics, 7th edition, Cambridge
University Press, 1999.
Pre-requisites: Physics 240
Web Links: The EECS course homepage is www.eecs.umich.edu/courses/eecs334/.
(Links to course description, FAQs, old exams if available, etc. The actual
site where most course resources like homework and solutions will be
placed is DIFFERENT: http://ctools.umich.edu/.
Homework: Handed out (or assigned on the basis of posted homepage information)
every Tuesday in lecture. Due the following Tuesday at the
conclusion of lecture.
Late Policy: Homework will not be accepted late without a medical waiver.
Collaboration
Policy:
All homework assignments are to be completed on your own. You are
allowed to consult with other students in the current class regarding the
general approach to solving problems, but all work submitted by you must
be your work alone. It is not permissible to work out the details of
problems with anyone, since it is essential that you learn to do this on your
own. Hence you may not compare your written solutions in draft or
final form with those of other students.
Solutions:
Available from the Coursetools website for EECS 334 (or via the
solutions link at www.eecs.umich.edu/courses/eecs334/index.html).
Exams:
A short mid-term or two and a final, with official scheduling and location to
be announced in class. (See schedule below).
Grading:
Percentage
Midterm1 (Feb. 22, 2011, Chrysler 165, 10:30 am-12:00) 15
Midterm2 (April 7, 2011, Chrysler 165, 10:30-12:00 pm) 15
Homework (~10 weekly problem sets)
35
Final Exam (Apr. 26, 2011, Chrysler 165, 1:30-3:30 pm) 35
100
As a rough grade, letter grades are usually assigned as follows:
A>85, A->80, B+>75, B>70, B->65, C+>60, C>55, C->50.
Course Outline:
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3.
No. (1 hour)
Lectures
Introduction: Optics in modern technology. The nature of light waves versus photons.
2
Geometric optics - image formation, thin lens equation, Lens Maker's
formula, magnification, stops, prisms, mirrors, thin lenses, the human
eye, fiber waveguides. Blind spot, cactus guides, telescopes, microscopes, cameras. Concept of spatial and temporal resolution.
6
Propagation - Energy, momentum, absorption, and dispersion of
light. Demos of prismatic and photo-electric effects, color filters,
reflection and refraction at boundaries, Snell's Law, total internal reflection, TV rock (optical fibers), quasi-phase conjugation by reflection.
Phase and group velocity, wavepackets, bandwidth, ultrashort pulses,
slow light. Applications to precision spatial and temporal measurements
in machines, buildings, geology, the cosmos.
11
4.
Interference and coherence: interference with multiple beams, thin films,
interferometers. Demo multiple slits, Fabry-Perot, Moire patterns and
semi-conductor wafer characterization. Coherence time, coherence
length, stellar interferometry.
9
5.
Lasers: Blackbody radiation, energy quantization, spontaneous and
stimulated emission, optical amplification, population inversion, basic
design principles of different kinds of lasers
4
Diffraction - Fraunhofer & Fresnel zones, zone plates, diffraction
gratings, resolving power. Demos of 2-D Fourier transforms (various
apertures, including variable), holography, optical image processing,
focusing with a zone plate, Babinet's Principle with an optical fiber.
4
6.
TOTAL:
36