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OSE5115 - Interface, Diffraction and Coherence
Interference of light, optical interferometry, Fraunhofer and Fresnel scalar diffraction, diffraction gratings, temporal
coherence, spatial coherence, and partial coherence.
Recommended reading:
- Gaskill, Linear Systems, Fourier Transforms, and Optics
- Goodman, Intro. to Fourier Optics (Chs. 2, 3, 4)
- Goodman, Statistical Optics (Ch. 5)
- Mandel and Wolf, Optical Coherence (Chs. 3 & 4)
- Hecht, Optics (Chs. 2, 9 & 10)
- Born and Wolf, Principles of Optics
- Malacara, Handbook of Optical Engineering (Ch 2 “Basic Wave Optics” & Ch 11 “Interferometers”)
- Papoulis, Systems & Transforms with Applications in Optics (Chs. 9 & 10)
- Saleh & Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics
List of topics
- Fourier Review
- Interference and Optical Path Difference
- Angular Spectrum of Plane Waves
- Rayleigh-Sommerfeld Diffraction
- Fraunhofer Diffraction
- Fresnel Diffraction
- Two-Beam Interference
- Interferometers
- Multiple-Beam Interference
- Coherence
- Diffraction Gratings
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