OPTI 505 Lab Spring 2006

And I recommend Hecht's "Optics" - he has a short, clear section on Fizeau fringes (P. 397 in the 3rd edition). He also has a good section about the Fabry-Perot interferometer which describes some equations you'll need.

LAB 6

Notes for Lab 6

Prof. Milster's notes about shearing interferometry are on the last few pages of Chapter 6 of his class notes (see Lab #5 above).

Prof. Jim Wyant's OPTI-513 class notes are strongly recommended. He has a section about lateral shearing interferometry that talks about several methods you'll be using in the lab:

http://www.optics.arizona.edu/jcwyant/Optics513/ChapterNotes/Chapter08/shearinginterferometryForInternet.pdf

LAB 7

Note that you need to do item #2 in the "Straight Edge" section, before arriving! When you do, use 650nm for the wavelength here (and also in the rest of the lab).

MATLAB files for “Straight Edge” calculation. Download ‘edge_diffraction’ and ‘myfresnel’ into the same folder and run ‘edge_diffraction’.

Make sure you look over this entire lab, and review what you don't understand - this lab requires that you understand Fresnel zones, Talbot imaging, etc.

Some good references:

Prof. Milster's own notes: Class notes for 505 Lecture, chapters 11 and 13.

Jim Wyant's notes: http://wyant.optics.arizona.edu/fresnelZones/FresnelDiffraction.pdf

Jim Wyant has some great online demos: http://www.optics.arizona.edu/jcwyant/math.htm - highly recommended!

Hecht's "Optics" is always good reading. See the section on Fraunhofer diffraction for rectangular apertures.

LAB 8

Hecht has some excellent sections on Rayleigh scattering, Fresnel zone plates, and gratings.

LAB 9 and LAB 10

Notes for Lab 9 and 10

You should also know how a Fourier transform works, specifically how to transform a Gaussian,

and a pair of delta functions! Try Goodman's "Introduction to Fourier Optics", or Jack Gaskill's

book.

Review coherence, specifically Prof. Milster's notes:

Coherence, Part A

Coherence, Part B

LAB 11

- Notes for Lab 11 (Contains 73 slides. You might want to print 6 on a page)

-Read class lecture notes, and understand the coherence transfer function (CTF), and cutoff frequency.

- Read Goodman "Statistical Optics", Chapter 7.2 (image propagation, Koehler illumination, CTF), Chapter 7.3.2 (propagated image of grating), section 5.2.4 (mutual intensity function J₁₂).

- Read Goodman, "Introduction to Fourier Optics", 6.1

Here are some Matlab simulations showing how the planes are Fourier-transformed: 1 and 2 .

LAB 12

We recommend you read the section from Prof. Wyant's class notes concerning phase-shifting interferometers:

http://www.optics.arizona.edu/jcwyant/Optics505(2000)/ChapterNotes/Chapter09/phaseshiftinginterferometry.pdf

Note that we'll be using WYKO HD-6000 in Dr. Sasian's lab.

III. Discussion:

IV. References:

Class notes for 505 Lecture

Michelson interferometer and Diffraction

Acousto-optic modulator

V. Pictures: