Mathematical Optics Laboratory (1 unit). Numerical methods and computer programming laboratory in support of Opti 512R and Opti 508. Prerequisites: Opti 512R and a working knowledge of Matlab or similar programming language (IDL, Mathematica, MathCad, C, etc.).

Course Meeting Time: W 10:00 to 10:50

Instructor
Professor Matthew A. Kupinski
Room 435, Meinel Bldg.
Phone: 621-2967
Email: mkupinski@optics.arizona.edu

Required Course Materials:
Access to a computer running Matlab

Course Grading:
Matlab programming projects and exercises: 100%

Course Topics:

• Matlab review
• Numerical methods I
• Numerical methods II
• Statistics and distributions
• Error analysis
• Wave propagation
• Diffraction/LSI systems
• Image processing
• Image formats and JPEG
• Wavelets
• Monte Carlo methods and genetic algorithms
• Computer generated holograms
• Radon transforms