Geometrical & Instrumental Optics I (3 units): Basic principles of light, refraction, reflection, properties of optical glass, prisms, paraxial optics, pupils and stops, visual and other basic instruments. Prerequisites: Grades of C or higher in Math 124 or 125, Math 129, Physics 141, and MSE 110.

Instructor Information:
Dr. Mike Nofziger (a.k.a. Dr. Mike)
Meinel, Room 412A | 626-8363
Email: nofziger@optics.arizona.edu

Course Objectives: This course will teach the student four main factors relating to image formation in geometrical optics:

1. Image spatial location
2. Image size
3. Image quality
4. Image brightness

• Basic concepts of Geometrical Optics
• Refraction and Reflection
• Total Internal Reflection
• Plane Mirror and Prism Systems
• Fiber Optics
• Scanners
• Imaging Systems Introduction
• Conjugates and Magnification
• Field of View
• Simple Magnifier
• Gaussian Optics
• Paraxial Raytrace
• Refractive and Reflective Surfaces
• Gaussian Reduction
• Thick Lens
• Combinations of Thin Lenses
• Stops and Pupils
• Marginal and Chief Rays
• The Eye

Three 50-minute lecture sessions per week, 16 weeks per semester

Geometrical and Trigonometric Optics, Cambridge University Press,
© Dereniak and T. Dereniak 2008, ISBN 978-0-521-88746-5

Available for purchase at the University of Arizona Bookstore

• 30% Homework
• 10% Quizzes
• 40% Midterm Exams
• 20% Final Exam