EE 236A: Modern Optics

Electrical Engineering Stanford University 3.0 credits

Course Description

Geometrical optics; lens analysis and design, aberrations, optical instruments, radiometry. ray matrices. Wave nature of light; polarization, plane waves at interfaces and in media with varying refractive index, diffraction, Fourier Optics, Gaussian beams. Interference; single-beam interferometers (Fabry-Perot), multiple-beam interferometers (Michelson, Mach-Zehnder). Prerequisites: EE 142 or familiarity with electromagnetism and plane waves.

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