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Modern Optics Podcast

Peter Beyersdorf•www.sjsu.edu
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Science & Medicine
Natural Sciences
Recorded class lectures from Peter Beyersdorf's Physics 158 (Modern Optics) class at San Jose State University from the Spring of 2008. Recordings will be added twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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Episodes

Modulators

We look at the behavior of electrooptic devices as amplitude and phase modulators.

May 06, 2008•1 hr

Birefringence

We look at birefringence in crystals and discuss optical activity and the Faraday effect.

May 01, 2008•1 hr 10 min

Polarization of light

We look at the vectorial nature of light and describe polarization in terms of Jones vectors

Apr 24, 2008•57 min

Diffraction from Double Slits

Diffraction from a double slit is discussed. The convolution theorem is presented and the grating equation is derived. (incomplete)

Apr 15, 2008•18 min

More Diffraction

We look at the relationship between far-field (Fraunhofer) diffraction and the Fourier transform, and explore the diffraction pattern of a uniformly illuminated circular aperture, which leads to the Rayleigh criterion for resolution in an optical system.

Apr 10, 2008•53 min

Diffraction

We look at Fraunhofer diffraction from a slit and for a Gaussian beam. We use Huygen's principle and also discuss Babinet's principle

Apr 08, 2008•1 hr 15 min

More Fiber Optics

We discuss unconventional types of fibers including photonic crystal fibers

Apr 03, 2008•59 min

Fiber Optics

We introduce the basic principles and parameters associated with fiber optics

Apr 01, 2008•1 hr 17 min

Coherence

We introduce the coherence function and look at the relationship between coherence, bandwidth and linewidth.

Mar 20, 2008•57 min

Fourier Analysis

Fourier Series are introduced and are generalized to the Fourier sine and cosine tansform

Mar 18, 2008•1 hr 16 min

Fabry-Perot Interferometer

We look at the transmission of a Fabry-Perot interferometer and discuss properties like the free spectral range, finesse and linewidth.

Mar 13, 2008•1 hr 16 min

Michelson Interferometer

We investigate the Michelson interferometer and the relationship between physical parameters and the interference term.

Feb 28, 2008•1 hr 16 min

Two beam interferencde

We look at the interference term present when two waves interfere and discuss the effect coherence has on fringe visibility

Feb 26, 2008•1 hr 15 min

Group and Phase velocity

We look at the difference between group velocity and phase velocity in a dispersive material and introduce the Fourier transform

Feb 21, 2008•1 hr 15 min

Superposition

We investigate the behavior of multiple waves that overlap in space and time.

Feb 19, 2008•1 hr 15 min

Wave equation

We look at Maxwell's equations and use them to find the wave equation for electromagnetic radiation. We then investigate various solutions to the wave equation.

Feb 14, 2008•1 hr 10 min

Thick Lenses

We introduce thick lenses and discuss parameters necessary to describe them. We go on to introduce ray matrices.

Feb 14, 2008•1 hr 15 min

Ray Matrices

We look at methods for solving imaging problems using ray matrices.

Feb 07, 2008•1 hr 13 min

Thin Lenses

We introduce the thin lens equation and the lens makers formula and the concept of ray tracing.

Feb 05, 2008•1 hr 17 min

The Nature of Light

Modern Optics provides a framework for understanding and analyzing optical wave propagation, interference, polarization and diffraction effects. This framework is essential for those who will work with imaging systems, lasers, optical communication systems, and optical measurements.

Jan 24, 2008•1 hr 17 min
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