Fundamentals of Optics (with Labs)
2009 Course Description

• June 15, Monday morning
  Hands-On Geometrical Optics, Prof. Duncan Moore (Rochester):
  Paraxial optics raytracing, cardinal points and conjugate relations, Lagrange invariant, stops and pupils, vignetting, common optical systems (corrected and uncorrected human eye, simple magnifiers, cameras, telescopes, microscopes, relay systems and illumination systems).

• June 15, Monday afternoon
  Optical Design, Dr. Julie Bentley (Corning Tropel Inc.):
  More advanced analysis of optical imaging systems, with an emphasis on optical aberrations. Topics include: chromatic aberrations; simple achromatic systems; third-order aberrations; wavefront shape and transverse ray aberrations; tracing real rays; aberrations of thin lenses; effects of bending and stop shift; and image analysis and improvement.

• June 16, Tuesday morning
  Radiometry and Detection, Prof. Gary Wicks (Rochester):
  Principles of radiometry. Fundamental radiation laws. Descriptions of important optical radiation detectors and their inherent limitations, including: photomultipliers, photodiodes, and photoconductors.

• June 16, Tuesday afternoon
  Polarization and Birefringence, Prof. James Zavislan (Rochester):
  Elliptically polarized light (including circular and linear); partial polarization; polarization phenomena at dielectric and metallic surfaces; anisotropic materials and birefringence; analyzers, waveplates, compensators and other common polarization components; includes in-class demonstrations.

• June 17, Wednesday morning
  Fourier Optics, Prof. Nicholas George (Rochester):
  Elementary principles of physical optics presented from an advanced point of view. All about waves, propagation, interference, and coherence. Lenses for imaging and optical processing.