EEAP 349: Geometric and Gaussian Optics
General Information
This Web site contains archival material for the above listed class. This
material has not be checked for errors.
As an aside, this was the first class which I ever taught.
I used my own notes plus supplemental readings from Yariv, Quantum Electronics,
and Goodman, Introduction to Fourier optics.
Course notes
- Part 1 Geometric optics, optical rays, paraxial
rays, refraction, reflection, Snell's Law, optical transformations and the
ray matrix, concave/convex mirrors, curved dielectric interfaces, lenses,
image formation, the lens law, principal planes, common lenses and lens systems,
stops and pupils (PDF, 152kB)
- Part 2 More about lenses, stops and pupils,
aberrations, coma, curvature of field, distortion, chromatic aberration, lens
waveguides, optical resonators (PDF, 158kB)
- Part 3 Wave nature of light, rays matrices
and spherical wavefronts, wave equation, Gaussian beam solutions properties
of Gaussian beams lenses and Gaussian beams, focussing of Gaussian beams,
collimation, resonator modes, resonator stability, mode frequencies(PDF,246kB)
- Appendices I.Calculation of focal
length using ray matrices; II. ; III. Spot size of a symmetrical confocal
resonator; IV. Stability calculations; V. Summary of basic formulas for course
(PDF, 115kB)
- Course outline This document is a set
of equations, references to material in Goodman, and other miscellaneous stuff
(PDF, 92kB)
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Homework Assignments
- Not availabkle at this time.
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Exams
- Not available at this time.
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References
- Article on the art of paraxial ray tracing by hand. (PDF, 152kB)
Created: 2002-3-22. Last Modified: 2002-3-22.