ECE 460 Optical Imaging

Fall 2021

Prof. Gabriel Popescu

Text: “Fundamentals of Photonics”, Saleh and Teich (2nd Edition, 2007)

Schedule: 11-12:20 T-R, Zoom

Teaching Assistant: Masa Sakakura (email)
Labs: Room 3016 ECEB

Office Hours (Instructor): Tuesday 12:30-1:30, Room 4055 Beckman Institute

Office Hours (TA): Thursday 12:30-2:00, Room 3016 ECEB

Date

Topic

Material

Homework

Lab

Aug 24th

Fourier Transform

Fourier Transform

Aug 26th

Fourier transform and Linear Systems 

Linear Systems and Fourier Transform
Aug 31st

Sources of Light

Light:Sources HW1 Math Tool Box
Noisy Data

Sep 2nd

Radiometric and Photometric Properties of Light

Radiometric and Photometric Properties of Light

Sep 7th

Properties of Light

Properties of Light

Sep 9th

Geometrical Optics

Geometrical Optics

HW2

Sep 14th

Geometrical Optics

Sep 16th

Wave Optics

Wave/ Fourier Optics

HW3

Sep 21st

Wave Optics

Ray Optics

Sep 23rd

Fourier Optics

Sep 28th

Fourier Optics

Diffraction  

Sep 30th

Review

Oct 5th

Midterm 1

Fourier Optics

Oct 7th

Spatial and Temporal Field Correlations

Spatiotemporal Correlations

Oct 12th

Spatial and Temporal Field Correlations

Oct 14th

Low-coherence Interferometry

LCI

HW4

Interference & Temporal Coherence

Oct 19th

Oct 21st

Spring Break

Oct 26th

Low-coherence Interferometry

Oct 28st

Optical Coherence Tomography

Nov 2nd

Microscopy

Microscopy

Microscopy

Nov 4th

Microscopy

 

Nov 9th

Aberrations

Pupils, windows, aberrations

HW5

Nov 11th

Review

Nov 16th

Midterm 2

Nov 18th

Polarization

Polarization

Polarization

Nov 23rd

Thanksgiving Break

Nov 25th

Thanksgiving Break

Nov 30th

Waveplates

HW6

Dec 2nd

 

Acousto-optics / Electro-optics

Electro-optics/ Acousto-optics 

 

 

  Dec 7th

Final Review

Electro-optics / Acousto-optics

  Dec 14th

Final Exam

(TAKE-HOME)

Grading: Midterm 1 - 15%; Midterm 2 - 15%; Final - 20%; Homework - 25%; Lab - 20%; Class Participation - 5%; Late Submission Penalty - 20%