Optics (M-I-T)

• Lecture 1: Course organization; introduction to optics (M-I-T)
• Lecture 2: Reflection and refraction; prisms, waveguides, and dispersion (M-I-T)
• Lecture 4: Sign conventions; thin lenses; real and virtual images (M-I-T)
• Lecture 5: Thick lenses; the composite lens; the eye (M-I-T)
• Lecture 6: Terms: apertures, stops, pupils, and windows; single-lens camera (M-I-T)
• Lecture 7: Basics of mirrors, magnifiers, and microscopes (M-I-T)
• Lecture 8: Telescopes; aberrations: chromatic, spherical, and coma (M-I-T)
• Lecture 9: More aberrations; optical design; GRadient INdex (GRIN) (M-I-T)
• Lecture 11: The Hamiltonian formulation; introduction to waves (M-I-T)
• Lecture 12: The wave equation; phasor representation; 3D waves (M-I-T)
• Lecture 13: 3D wave phenomena; introduction to electromagnetics (M-I-T)
• Lecture 14: Maxwell's equations; polarization; Poynting's vector (M-I-T)
• Lecture 15: Huygens principle; interferometers; Fresnel diffraction (M-I-T)
• Lecture 16: Gratings: amplitude and phase, sinusoidal and binary (M-I-T)
• Lecture 17: Fraunhofer diffraction; Fourier transforms and theorems (M-I-T)
• Lecture 18: Spatial filtering; lens transfer functions & transforms (M-I-T)
• Lecture 19: The 4F system; binary amplitude & pupil masks (M-I-T)
• Lecture 20: Shift invariance; pupil engineering; the Talbot effect (M-I-T)
• Lecture 22: Coherent and incoherent imaging (M-I-T)
• Lecture 23: Imaging with a single lens (M-I-T)
• Lecture 25: Resolution; defocused optical systems (M-I-T)
• Lecture 26: Depth of focus and field; polarization; wave plates (M-I-T)