Geometrical and Physical Optics Course Materials
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This course teaches principles of geometrical and physical optics that can be applied in the fields of electronics, instrumentation, telecommunications, and biomedical equipment. The first half of this course will be focused on the fundamentals of geometrical optics. Participants will learn how to manipulate light using mirrors and lenses. The theoretical analysis based on ray-tracing techniques and mathematical equations will be introduced and then followed by lab experiments. In the second half of this course, the participants will dig deeper into the fundamentals of physical optics, such as interference patterns through single and double slits, pinholes, and diffraction gratings. Course participants will also be introduced to the basics of laser construction and principles of laser operation.
Description
This course teaches principles of geometrical and physical optics that can be applied in the fields of electronics, instrumentation, telecommunications, and biomedical equipment. The first half of this course will be focused on the fundamentals of geometrical optics. Participants will learn how to manipulate light using mirrors and lenses. The theoretical analysis based on ray-tracing techniques and mathematical equations will be introduced and then followed by lab experiments. In the second half of this course, the participants will dig deeper into the fundamentals of physical optics, such as interference patterns through single and double slits, pinholes, and diffraction gratings. Course participants will also be introduced to the basics of laser construction and principles of laser operation.
This course was developed under DUE-1700352 LASER-TEC.
The course package includes the following materials: lectures (narrated video lectures and editable presentation slides, Textbook, Lab Book, Lab videos, Quizzes and Exams (requested separately via this form). This material is OER licensed under CC BY 4.0.
The narrated lectures can be found here: Geometrical and Physical Optics – Laser-Photonics Online Course Series – YouTube.
The lab videos can be found here: Course 1: Fundamentals of Light & Lasers – Lab Activity Videos – YouTube
If The Light and Optics Experiment Kit is used to teach the course, the lab videos using the kit’s components can be found here: Light and Optics Experiment Videos – YouTube. Search by lab title.
