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Introduction (1 lessons)
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Course organization,
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Ray Optics
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Helmholtz equation
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Beam Optics (3 lessons)
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Introduction
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Gaussian Beams
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Other solution of Helmholtz
equation
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Short duration beams
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Alternate method for
describing a beam: covariance matrix and M2
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Fourier Optics (4 lessons)
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Hamonic analysis of a signal
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Amplitude and phase
modulations
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Transfer function of free
space
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Optical Fourier transform
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Diffraction &
Interference
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Image shaping
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Holography
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Electromagnetic
description of light & propagation in matter (7 lessons)
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Light in vacuum
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Theory of electromagnetic
beams
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Light guiding
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Absorption of light &
Dispersion
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Optical phenomena in
nonisotropic media
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Dichroism and birefringence
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E-field effects
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Acousto-optics effects
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B-field effects
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Lasers (5 lessons)
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Interaction of light with
matter
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Laser dynamics
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Steady-state
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Pulsed laser beam
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Amplifiers
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Example of laser systems
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Other light sources (1
lesson)
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Radiatio from moving charged
particle
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Synchrotron radiation, Undulator
radiation
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Free-eletron laser
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Thomson scattering
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Nonlinear Optics (4
lessons)
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Nonlinear optical media
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2nd order optics
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3rd order optics
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wave mixing
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high harmonic generation
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self focusing and phase
modulation
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Introduction to
Statistical optics (2 lessons)
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Statistical properties of
random light
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Interference of partially
polarized coherent light
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Transmission of partially
coherent light through optical system
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Partial polarization
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Introduction to Quantum
Optics (TBD)