| Instructor: | Professor
Dwight L. Jaggard Office: 210 Moore E-mail:
jaggard@seas.upenn.edu |
| Adminstrative Assistant: | Ms. Denice Gorte Office: 203 Moore E-mail:
dgorte@seas.upenn.edu |
| Grader: | Ms. Mahsa Ranji Office: 209 Moore E-mail:
mahsa@seas.upenn.edu |
| Recitation Leader: |
Office: E-mail: |
| Class: |
Monday and Wednesday, 3:00 - 4:30 Review sessions will be provided as needed. |
| Office Hours: | Wednesday, 4:30-5:30, or by appointment. |
| Course Objective: | This course will provide you with a fundamental understanding of optics and investigate many of its applications. Fundamental topics will include wave propagation and diffraction (both scalar and vector); geometrical
and ray optics; imaging and imaging systems; coherent and incoherent systems; partial coherence; and holography. Selected applications from areas such as image processing and understanding; non-destructive evaluation and testing; fractal antennas and
arrays; and "electromagnetic bullets" will be discussed. You will be able to understand certain topics in the current optical research literature when the course is finished. |
| Text: | The course ESE 511 uses the book Introduction to Fourier Optics, 3rd edition, by J. E. Goodman (Roberts and Company) as the primary and required text. A recommended secondary text is Statistical Optics, by J. E. Goodman (Wiley). This book may be used in the second half of the course. Papers from the current literature and chapters from additional texts will also be used throughout the term. Many of these will be supplied in a readings bulkpack.
A number of standard and classical texts are available and are on reserve in the Engineering Library (2nd floor Towne Building). These include Principles of Optics, by M. Born and E. Wolf (Pergamon Press) [this voluminous book is the classical optics text and will be useful for diffraction theory and the theory of partial coherence -- it belongs on the shelf of most serious optics researchers and is the another recommended secondary text], Fundamentals of Photonics, by B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich (Wiley) [this modern broad book covers fiber optics, quantum optics and optoelectronics], Optics, by M. Klein (Wiley) [this very accessible book may be useful if you need additional background for topics covered in this course], Linear Systems, Fourier Transforms and Op
tics, by J. D. Gaskill (Wiley) [this covers many of the same topics as our primary text], and Introduction to Statistical Optics, by E. L. O'Neill (Addison-Wesley) [a classical text that covers statistical optics and partial coherence]. If you
need further background in Fourier transforms, consult a book in signal processing or The Fourier Transform and Its Applications, 3rd edition, by R. N. Bracewell (McGraw-Hill). |
| Prerequisites: | A knowledge of either wave propagation or Fourier transforms, and a knowledge of introductory complex analysis is assumed. The first is found in courses on electromagnetic theory at the junior level (e.g., see the text Electromagnetc Fiel
ds and Waves, by Lorrain and Corson). You will find the course is relatively self-contained with respect the the required mathematics. |
| Grades: | Your grade will be determined by your performance on homework assignments (~15%), mini-project (~15%), the midterm examination (~35%), and the final examination
(~35%). Grading mistakes will be corrected quickly if brought to my attention near or at the
time of the mistake rather than at the end of the course. You will automatically be allowed to withdraw from the
course up until one week past the return of your midterm examination (evening of March 2). The mini-project presentations will be given on April 20 and the final exam during the time designated by trhe registrar. Cheating is not tolerated by the University or the profession and may cause your dismissal from Penn. If the University policy regarding this matter is unclear with regard to any situation in this course, please drop by my office or phone me.
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