OPTI 505R Lecture - Spring 2009

(last update 5/04/09)

SIGNUP FOR FINAL ORAL EXAM

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[CLASS NOTES]

[Introduction]

Syllabus and Schedule

Appendix A

Appendix B

[Chapter 1]

Introduction - Text

Introduction - Slides

[Chapter 2]

Maxwell's Equations -text

Maxwell's Equations - Slides

[Chapter 3]

Solutions to the Wave Equation - Part A (corrected 1/19/09)

Solutions to the Wave Equation - Part B (added 1/19/09)

Solutions to the Wave Equation - Part C (added 1/19/09)

Chapter 3 - Polarization Visualization avi movie from Bernd Geh at Zeiss

Chapter 3 - Polarization Visualization Mathcad file from Bernd Geh at Zeiss

Chapter 3 - Jones paper  

Mathematica Notebook file for polarization (courtesy R. Grover)

Program: gvdemo.m

Program: HLP.m

Program: HWP.m

Program: LCP.m

Program: pol_locus_plot.m

Program: pol_rotate.m

Program: pol_wave_demo.m

Program: PW_demo.m

Program: QWP.m

Program: rcp.m

Program: spherical_wave.m

Program: spherical_wave_amp.m

Program: TG_Fixedanalyzer_rotQWP.m

Program: TG_Rotananalyzer_noQWP.m

Program: TG_rotQWP.m

Program: VLP.m

Program: Wave_combo.m

[Chapter 4: Interference]

Interference - Part A (added 1/26/09)

Interference - Part B (added 2/2/09)

Interference - Part B2 (added 2/9/09)

Interference - Part B3  (Shearing) (added 2/16/09)

Interference - Wiener Experiment slides (added 2/9/09)

Interference - Part A Example4p1.m (added 2/9/09)

Interference - Part A Example4p2.m (added 2/9/09)

Interference - Part A calc_ellipticity.m (added 2/9/09)

Interference - Part A find_global_reflection_from_surface.m (added 2/9/09)

Multiple-Beam Interference - Part A (added 4/23/09)

Multiple-Beam Interference - Corrected (added 4/27/09)

Web link for good demos

Chapter 4 - Originals for Moire patterns 

Movie: Combination of two plane waves, same direction, same wavelength

Movie: Combination of two plane waves, opposite direction, same wave length

Movie: Combination of two plane waves, same direction, different wave lengths

Movie: Combination of two plane waves, opposite directions, different wave lengths

Movie: Expanding spherical wavefront - position 1 

Movie: Expanding spherical wavefront - position 2 

Movie: Combination of expanding spherical wavefronts - wavelength a 

Movie: Combination of expanding spherical wavefronts - wavelength b   

Movie: Combination of expanding spherical wavefronts - wavelengths a + b 

[Chapter 5 - Basic Diffraction]

Basic Diffraction - Sections 5.1 through 5.3.4 (added 2/21/09)

5.3.5 Edge Diffraction (added 3/9/09)

5.3.6 Fresnel Atlas (added 3/3/09)

5.4 Fraunhofer Diffraction (added 3/24/09)

5.5 Theory of Gratings (added 3/30/09)

Link to Jim Wyant's web page for some good graphics (added 3/3/09)

Matlab demos for Fresnel zones and FZP (added 3/30/09)

[Chapter 6 - Coherence]

Coherence A (added 4/4/09)

Coherence B (added 4/14/09)

[Chapter 7 - Optical Transfer Function]

Simplified Optical Transfer Function (added 4/20/09)

[Chapter 8 - Multilayer Films]

Multilayer Films (added 4/27/09)

[Chapter 9 - Direct Phase Measurement]

Direct Phase Measurement (added 4/27/09)

[Chapter 10 - Holography]

holography - old notes (added 5/4/09)

[Chapter 11 - Speckle]

speckle - old notes (added 5/4/09)

[Homework]

WP-A (Waves and polarization - Part A)

WP-B (Waves and Polarization - Part B)

WP-C (Waves and Polarization - Part C)

BI-A (Basic Interference - Part A)

BI-B (Basic Interference - Part B)

BI-C (Basic Interference - Part C)

C-A (Coherence - Part A)

C-B (Coherence - Part B)

I-A (Interferometers - Part A)

MB-A (Multiple-Beam Interferometers - Part A)

D-A (Diffraction - Part A)

D-B (Diffraction - Part B)

D-C (Diffraction - Part C)

D-D (Diffraction - Part D)

TF (Transfer Function)

H-A (Holography)

S-A (Speckle)

[Suggested Homework Problems]

The table below is just to get started.  I will be modifying the list

Homework Assignments

HW # Due Problems
1 1/24/09 WP-A1, A2 and A3 (Work two out of three problems)
2 1/31/09 WP-B2, B5 and B8 (Work two out of three problems)
3 2/7/09 WP_B13, BI-A2 and BI-C1 (Work two out of three problems)
4 2/14/09  BI-A6, BI-B5, BI-C2  (Work two out of three problems)

MB-A13, MB-A16, MB-A18 (Work two out of three problems)

 

5 2/26/09  
6 2/28/09  
7 3/6/09 D-A3, D-A4, D-A5 (See HW 10 from 2008 for 2 of the solutions)
8 3/13/09 D-B1, D-B3, D-B5, D-B11 (See HW 11 from 2008 for D-B1 and D-B3 solutions, and HW 12 for D-B5 and D-B11 solutions.)
9 3/27/09 D-C2, D-C3, D-C4 and D-C12 (in group D-C)   Note: Solution for D-C4 is in HW12 of 2008
10 4/3/09 D-D2, D-D3 and D-D5  (Solution of D-D2 is in HW Sols for 2008)
11 4/10/09 None
12 4/17/09 C-A1, C-A4, C-B1
13 4/24/09 C-B5, C-B6, C-B7
14 4/29/09 TF-2, TF-3

 

[Homework Solutions ]

Homework Solutions 2008 (added 1/26/09)

[Tests]

Answer Key for Exam 1 - 2003 through 2006 

Exam 1 2007 (posted 2/17/09)

Exam 1 2008 (posted 2/17/09)

Exam 2 2007 (with key) (posted 3/30/09)

Exam 2 2008 (posted 3/30/09)

Exam 2 2008 with answer key (posted 4/4/09)

Answer Keys for Exam 2 - 2003 through 2006 

Final Exams - 2004 through 2006 

Final Exam answer key 2007 (added 4/28/09)

Final Exam answer key 2008 (added 4/28/09)

[Extra Notes]

Study Guide for Exam 1  (2006)

Example Problems for Multiple-Beam Interference 

Robin Palit summaries

Sean Lai  summary

Justin Forsyth summary

Dae Wook Kim summary

hankel_calculation_at_rear_focus505R.m

[Notices]

01/19/09 : Write me an email if you would like to have permission to view the video files online.

03/09/09: Exam 1 on-campus score distribution: