● 課程說明(Course Desc<x>ription)/● 教學進度(Syllabus):
<br>          1. Introduction: a short history of optics	
<br>	  2. Waves:  the wave equation and phase velocity 	
<br>	  3. Maxwell’s equations, the wave equation, and plane waves	
<br>	  4. Blackbody radiation
<br>	  5. The electromagnetic spectrum
<br>	  6. Lasers
<br>	  7. Absorption and the refractive index: theory
<br>	  8. Absorption consequences
<br>	  9. Refractive index consequences
<br>	10. Superposition: standing waves, beats, and group velocity	
<br>	11. Fresnel’s equations of reflection and refraction	
<br>	12. Polarization I:  polarized light; birefringence; polarizers	 	
<br>	13. Polarization II:  wave plates and unpolarized light	
<br>	14. Optical activity and Jones vectors and matrices
<br>	15. Geometrical optics I:  ray matrices and ray tracing
<br>	16. Geometrical optics II:  applications and aberrations
<br>	17. Fourier series and the Fourier transform
<br>	18. Fourier transform examples, theorems, concepts
<br>	19. Convolution and correlation
<br>	20. Small beams and short pulses
<br>	21. Interferometers	
<br>	22. Interference and coherence	
<br>	23. Light scattering; reflection; refraction; coherence; light bulbs
<br>	24. Diffraction and the Fourier transform	
<br>	25. Diffraction gratings; lenses as Fourier transformers
<br>     Other topics (if we have time):
<br>	26. Nonlinear optics and holography
<br>	27. Ultrafast optics
<br>	28. Ultrafast Optics Research Lab tour
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<br>● 指定用書(Text Books): Eugene Hecht, Optics.
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<br>● 教學方式(Teaching Method): Presentations.
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<br>● 成績考核(Evaluation): Homeworks 40%, Exam I 20%,  Exam II 20%, Exam III 20%.
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