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Lecture 3: Focusing, imaging, and the paraxial approximation (M-I-T)

Course:Optics (M-I-T)
Discipline:Applied Sciences
Institute:MIT
Instructor(s): Prof. George Barbastathis, Prof. Colin Sheppard
Level:Undergraduate

Optics (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 1: Course organization; introduction to optics (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)
Lecture 2: Reflection and refraction; prisms, waveguides, and dispersion (M-I-T)
Lecture 3: Focusing, imaging, and the paraxial approximation (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)

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