Lectures

Teachers Katia Gallo (gallo@kth.se) and Anna Burvall (anna.burvall@biox.kth.se).

Lecture schedule check the course schedule.

Table of contents The table below lists the topics covered by each lecture and their relationship to the problem classes (calculation exercises) accompanying the course.

Lecture no Book chapter Topics Problem class 1

1, 2:1-9, 3:2-3

Introduction, waves in general, wave equations, electromagnetic waves, refraction

1

2

3:5-6, 4:1-5 4:6-7(8) 9

Light in matter, scattering, refraction (more), reflection, colour

1

3

5:1-2

Spherical interface, thin and thick lens, principal planes

2

4

5 6:1-3

Optical instruments basics, light limiters and field of view limiters. Vignetting.

3

5 same Optical instruments for real. Field lens concept. Projectors 3 6

same

Aberrations, optical design. Wavefront optics guest lecture

4

7

7:1-3

Superposition of waves, interference

4

8

8:1-6

Polarisation and birefringence

5

9

8:7-12, 9:1-3

Applications of birefringence, optical activity, interference in double slit

5

10

9:4-7, 10:1

Michelson interferometer, interference in thin layers, Fabry Perot. Intro to diffraction

6

11

10:2-3

Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction

7 – 8

12

11, 13:3

Fourier optics, Holography

7 – 8

13

12

Coherence

7 - 8

Week 43 Trial exam 9