• "SELECTED TOPICS IN OPTICS AND PHOTONICS"
Course coordinator: Seyyed MohammadReza Taheri
Sessions: Mondays, 10:30-12
1. A short history of optics
2. Nature and properties of light
3. Light sources and Laser safety
4. Basic geometrical optics
Fermat principle
Index of refraction
Refraction and reflection from surfaces
Ideal reflector and refractor
Image formation (mirrors and lenses)
5. Basic physical optics
Light waves
Maxwell equations and wave equation
Different solutions for wave equation
Polarization and angular momentum Interference
Diffraction, Fresnel and Fraunhofer
Scattering
6. Optical techniques
Holography
Microscopy
Bright field, dark field, phase contrast, …
Super resolution microscopy