OPT 300 Spring 2007

Course book: Warren J. Smith: Modern Optical Engineering. The Design of Optical Systems, 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill. (You can order this book from www.amazon.com for $70.36).

Course syllabus

OSLO-EDU

You can obtain OSLO in one of two ways

Register and download from the Lambda Research website.
Use the executable which I have already downloaded.
The OSLO Optics Reference Manual is also good to have.

Homework

Homework 1: Due January 30. Chapter 1: problems 1-6. Solution
Homework 2: Due February 9. Perfect lens problem per e-mail. Solution
Homework 3: Due February 13. Chapter 2: problems 1-11, derive equations 2.45, 2.46a, and 2.46b. Solution
Homework 4: Due February 20. Chapter 3: problems 1-4, show that second order terms in the Seidel polynomials are zero, and which third order terms contribute to x' and y'. In problem 2 you are welcome to plot many more rays than the number stated. Solution
Homework 5: Due February 27.
- Complete OSLO tutorials.
  - Overview of OSLO Classroom Demos
  - OSLO Landscape Lens Tutorial
  - Include some screenshots in a brief report in which you describe what you did and what it means.
- Calculate longitudinal astigmatism and curvature.
- Explain how a bicycle wheel is focused when there is astigmatism.
Solution
Homework 6: Due March 22.
- Chapter 5: problems 1-6.
- Devise and carry out an experiment to measure the size/shape and location of your blind spot (in degrees from some reference point in your field of view). You may find this website useful http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/blindspot/. Sketch the experimental setup, state all measured quantities, assumptions, derviations, and calculations. Comment on its size.
Solution
Homework 7: Due April 3. Chapter 6: problems 1-14. Solution
Homework 8: Due April 10. Chapter 7: problems 1-5. Solution
Homework 9: Due April 24. Chapter 9: problems 1-5, 8, 9 (i.e. skip 6, 7). Solution

Laboratory instructions

Computational lab 1: Paraxial optics and trigonometric optics. Due March 6.
Computational lab 2: Design a telescope to spy on a chinese lunar base. Due May 1.

Final exam

Final exam

Updated schedule

January 16: Course Overview
January 23: Chapter 1: General principles
January 30: Chapter 2: Image formation
February 6: Chapter 2: Image formation (continued)
February 13: Chapter 3: Aberrations.
February 20: More discussion of aberrations, Chapter 4: prisms and mirrors.
February 27: Finish Chapter 4, begin Chapter 5: The eye.
March 6: Chapter 5: The eye.
March 13: spring break
March 20: Chapter 6: Stops and apertures
March 27: Chapter 6: Stops and apertures
April 3: Chapter 7: Optical materials and Interference Coatings
April 10: Homework review
April 17: Chapter 9: Basic optical devices.
April 24: Chapter 11: Image evaluation
May 1: Review