Course Code
P207
Credit
4
Prerequisite
- None -
Total Hours
21 Lectures +7 Tutorials
Outcome of the Course
Provides introduction is slightly advanced topics in classical optics. The course also helps build up basics for experiential wok in advanced laboratory work.
Approval
Syllabus
- Plane waves, Spherical waves, relation of wave optics and ray optics
- Interference: Single & multiple-beam interference, Fabry-Perot, Mach-Zehnder, Michelson interferometer, Spatial & temporal coherence
- Diffraction: Introduction to Fourier transform, Fresnel and Fraunhoffer integral, Fourier analysis and angular spectrum. Examples of single-slit, multiple-slit, circular aperture; Lens as Fourier transforming element
- Gaussian Beam propagation, Laguerre-Gaussian and Hermite Gaussian beam propagation
- Optional topics: Spatial filtering/Image formation/Holography
Reference Books
- Fundamentals of Photonics (2nd Edition) by B. E. A. Saleh, Malvin Carl Teich
- Optics by Ajoy Ghatak (5th Edition), Tata McGraw Hill
- Optics by Eugene Hecht (5th Edition), Pearsons
- Modern Optics by B. D. Guenther (2nd Edition), Oxford University Press