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OSE5234L - Applied Optics Laboratory
This course will consist of a one-hour lecture and a three-hour laboratory session each week. It is intended to complement
traditional class-room lectures provided by a variety of other academic courses in applied optics. Laboratory techniques
for observing optical phenomena and quantitative experimental characterization will be emphasized. Proper documentation
of experimental observations in a laboratory notebook (complete with witness signatures and recorded dates) will be required.
There is no official textbook for this course, and no required prerequisite courses. The student is encouraged to exercise
independent learning in preparation for the laboratory sessions.
References
- Hecht, Optics, 2nd Edition, Addison Wesley, 1986.
- W. J. Smith, Modern Optical Engineering, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill, 1990.
- D. C. O’Shea, Elements of Modern Optical Design, John Wiley & Sons, 1985.
- D. Malacara, Optical Shop Testing, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1992.
- J. W. Goodman, Introduction to Fourier Optics, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill, 1996.
- John E. Greivenkamp, Field Guide to Geometrical Optics, SPIE Press (2004).
- Plus handouts and additional papers as recommended for each Lab Session.
Course objectives
This course is designed to familiarize the student with equipment and techniques commonly used in classical and modern optics
laboratories. The students will set up the equipment necessary to observe and experimentally study a variety of applied
optics phenomena including: aberrations in the image of a point source, diffraction effects of aperture size and shape,
diffraction grating behavior, basic interference phenomena, the Fourier transforming properties of lenses, the effects of
spatial filtering upon the spatial frequency content of an image. In addition, they will make quantitative measurements
of the paraxial properties (cardinal points) of imaging systems, will become familiar with and learn to use a variety of
types of interferometers in optical testing applications, and will both record and reconstruct three-dimensional holographic
images. Good experimental procedure and physical insight into basic optical phenomena will be emphasized throughout this
laboratory course.
Topics
Category A: Geometrical Optics, Effects of Aberrations, and Optical Testing
- Measurement of Paraxial Properties of a Lens (two weeks).
- Observing and Measuring Chromatic Aberration.
- Third-order Monochromatic Aberrations of a Point Source (two weeks).
Category B: Interference and Diffraction
- Basic Interference (Young’s Interference Experiment, Lloyd’s Mirror,
The Newton Interferometer, Three and Four-slit Interference).
- Aperture Diffraction Effects (for various aperture sizes and shapes).
- Diffraction Gratings (spatial and spectral behavior).
- Polarization Effects, Experimentally confirm Malus’Law.
- Interferometry (Michelson, Twyman-Green, and Point Diffraction Interferometer).
Category C: Fourier Optics, Spatial Filtering, and Holography
- Fourier Transforming Properties of Lenses and Spatial Filtering.
- Holographic Recording and Reconstruction (two weeks).
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