University of Colorado Boulder - Optical Efficiency and Resolution
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Optical Efficiency and Resolution at Coursera Overview
Duration | 21 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Advanced |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Optical Efficiency and Resolution at Coursera Highlights
- This Course Plus the Full Specialization.
- Shareable Certificates.
- Graded Programming Assignments.
Optical Efficiency and Resolution at Coursera Course details
- This course can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5601, part of CU Boulder?s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree.
- Optical instruments are how we see the world, from corrective eyewear to medical endoscopes to cell phone cameras to orbiting telescopes. This course will teach you how to design such optical systems with simple mathematical and graphical techniques. The first order optical system design covered in the previous course is useful for the initial design of an optical imaging system but does not predict the energy and resolution of the system. This course discusses the propagation of intensity for Gaussian beams and incoherent sources. It also introduces the mathematical background required to design an optical system with the required field of view and resolution. You will also learn how to analyze these characteristics of your optical system using an industry-standard design tool, OpticStudio by Zemax.
Optical Efficiency and Resolution at Coursera Curriculum
Geometrical Optics for Gaussian Beams
Introduction to the Course
Light has a shape
The Gaussian beam
The Gaussian q parameter
The evolution of the q parameter
Gaussian Beam Propagation Lab Demo
Ray tracing Gaussian beams
Examples of ray tracing Gaussian beams
Do Gaussian beams obey imaging?
The Lagrange invariant
The post-doc's tale
Design of a fiber to fiber coupler
Course overview
Tools and Resources
Gaussian Beam Practice Problems
Gaussian Beam OpticStudio Practice
Practice Problem
Gaussian Beams
Maxwell's Equations
Maxwell's equations
Lorentz oscillator
Wave equation
Plane waves
Spatial frequency
Spherical waves
Fresnel coefficients
Brewster's Angle Laboratory Demonstration
Spatial Frequency Introduction
Polarization: Sunglasses and the Sky
Absorption Practice
Practice Problems
Maxwell's Equations
Impulse Responses and Transfer Functions
Lenses take Fourier transforms
Fourier Transform of the Gaussian Beam
The Airy disk
Cutoff Frequency
The coherent transfer function
The relation of impulse response and transfer function
Incoherent impulse response
Optical transfer function
Summary
Implementation in OpticStudio
Airy Disk OpticStudio Practice
Impulse Responses
Finite Aperture Optics
Aperture stop and pupils
Field stop and windows
Lyot stop
Stops Laboratory Demonstration
Effective NA and F#
Depth of focus
Vignetting
Telecentric imaging
Lagrange invariant
Resolvability
Example and Phase Space
Finite Aperture Practice
Fine Aperture Optics
Radiometry
Typical radiometry problem
Radiometry units
Solid angle
Blackbody radiation
Lasers vs. lamps
Tilted sources
Cos 4th law
Constant radiance theorem
Constant radiance theorem again
Example
Introduction to Blackbody Radiation
Radiometry
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