Wave optics: scalar Kirchhoff’s diffraction, Fraunhofer/Fresnel cases, Fourier optics crystal optics. Devices and applications: multilayer coatings, fiber gratings, diffractive optics, spatial-light modulators. Novel microscopies, super-resolution, sub/superluminal light and metamaterials. Labs on diffractionless beams, vectorial focusing, computer generated beams/holograms, nonlinear optics and modeling in Zemax®. Prerequisite(s): PLT 3004.Lectures / laboratory or tutorial five hours a week.
Wave optics: scalar Kirchhoff’s diffraction, Fraunhofer/Fresnel cases, Fourier optics crystal optics. Devices and applications: multilayer coatings, fiber gratings, diffractive optics, spatial-light modulators. Novel microscopies, super-resolution, sub/superluminal light and metamaterials. Labs on diffractionless beams, vectorial focusing, computer generated beams/holograms, nonlinear optics and modeling in Zemax®. Prerequisite(s): PLT 3004.Lectures / laboratory or tutorial five hours a week.