ME 615 - Engineering Optics and Optical Techniques T6:45 p.m. – 9:30 p.m., 2007 Spring Semester
Dougherty Engineering Building Room 405
Instructor:
Dr. Kenneth D. Kihm, Magnavox Professor
408 Dougherty Engineering Building
Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Department
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-2210
E-mail: kkihm@utk.edu , Homepage: [http://minsfet.utk.edu]
Office Hours: Open-door policy; drop-ins are welcome and can usually be accommodated;
appointments may also be made by e-mail.
Text: 1. Optics, E. Hecht (4rd ed.), Addison Wesley, 2002
2. Special Handout (SHO) Notes prepared by Dr. Kihm
Electronic Lecture Notes:
Available at [http://minsfet.utk.edu >> Courses >> Back-To-Basic
Optics and Optical Techniques]
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or undergraduate with approval of instructor
Course Description: Closely related optical theories to engineering applications for advanced
optical measurements and diagnostic techniques. This course also provides knowledge for
researchers in the areas of micro/nano/bio-fluidics and energy transport using and developing
optical techniques. Prerequisites: ME341 or approval of instructor
Grading Policy:
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Weekly Homework Problems
Two Midterm Exams (25% each)*
Final Project Report
Final Project Presentation
Total
20%
50%
15%
15%
100%
*Make-up exams will be given only when you have an acceptable and verifiable excuse
and notify the instructor in advance if all possible.
Student Responsibility:
Your responsibilities are to attend class, to be on time, to do the reading before and/or after the
material is covered in lecture, to take exams at the designated time or make other arrangement in
advance, to hand in assignments on time, to actively participate in the final project report/in-class
presentation, and to report any academic dishonesty.
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COURSE OUTLINE AND LECTURE SCHEDULE:
Date Lecture Note
1/16/07
LN#1
Topics
EM Basics and Maxwell’s Equations (Sec. 3-1, 3-2, Appendix 1)
Propagation of Waves (Chapter 2, Sections 3-3, 3-4)
1/23/07
LN#2
Index of Refraction (Sections 3-4, 3-5)
Scattering and Transmission (Sections 4.1 and 4.2)
1/30/07
LN#3
Reflection and Refraction-I (Sections 4.3 to 4.8)
Reflection and Refraction-II (Sections 4.7 and 4.8)
2/06/07
LN#4
Reflection and Refraction-III (Sections 4.7 and 4.8)
Mirrors and Sundry Topics (Sections 5.4, 5.7, 5.8)
2/13/07
LN#5
Ray Tracing for Thick Lens (Secs. 6.1, 6.2)
Aberration (Sec. 6.3)
2/20/07
LN#6
Superposition of Waves (Sections 7.1, 7.4)
2/27/07
LN#7
Light Polarization and Polarizers (Chapter 8)
Rayleigh Scattering and Polarization
3/06/07
Midterm Exam I (Ch. 2 – 6)
3/13/07
Spring Break
3/22/07 (TR)
LN#8
Interferometer (Chapter 9)
Fraunhofer Diffraction (Chapter 10)
3/29/07 (TR)
LN#9
Spectroscopy and Fresnel Diffraction (Chapter 10)
4/03/07
LN#10
Lasing Conditions (Chapter 13)
4/10/07
LN#11
Special Issues on Current Research Using Optical Techniques
4/17/07
4/24/07
4/27/07
Midterm Exam II (Ch. 7-10, Ch. 13)
LN#12
Final project presentation
Due date for the final project report
Copyright Statement: The handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By “handouts,” I mean all
materials generated for this class, which include but are not limited to lecture note materials, syllabi,
quizzes, exams, lab problems, in-class materials, review sheets, and additional problem sets. Because
these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right to copy the handouts, unless I expressly grant
permission. As commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one’s own the idea, words,
writings, etc., which belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism
if you copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you should have the permission
of that person. Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust among
colleagues without which research cannot be safely communicated.
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