Elements of Photonics (II)

介紹光學中的物理光學, 主要了解光的波動現象

Outline
1. 介紹物理光學
2. 電磁波
3. 干涉
4. 繞射
5. 晶體光學
6. 偏極光
7. 光與介質
8. 富氏光譜

References
1. K.D. Moller, Optics, 1988.
2. E.Hecht, Optics, 4th Ed, 2001



Physical Optics

Outline
1. Wave motion,
2. Electromagnetic theory, photons, and light
3. The propagtion of light
4. The superposition of waves
5. Polarization
6. Interference
7. Diffraction

References
1. G.R. Fowles, Introduction to Modern Optics, 2nd Ed, 1975
2. M.V. Klein, T.E. Furtak, Optics, 2nd Ed, 1986

Polarization & its Applications

Outline
1.Introduction
2.Classical optics—wave equation
3.Polarization
4.Jones vector and Stokes parameters
5.Jones and Mueller matrix
6.Method of measuring the Stokes parameters
7.The characteristics of polarizing elements
8.Jones matrices and Mueller Matrices for reflection and transmission
9.The Poincare Sphere Application
10.Crystal optics
11.Optics of metals
12.Ellispometry

References
1. E. Collett, Polarized Light: Fundamentals and Applications, 1993
2. D.Goldstein,
Polarized Light: Revised and Expanded, 2nd Ed, 2003