# Readings

Some class sessions do not have associated readings.

The textbooks for the course are:

[Pedrotti] = Pedrotti, Frank L., Leno M. Pedrotti, and Leno S. Pedrotti. Introduction to Optics. Addison-Wesley, 2006. ISBN: 9780131499331.

[Goodman] = Goodman, Joseph W. Introduction to Fourier Optics. McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968. ISBN: 9780070237766.

Course readings.
SES # | READINGS AND TOPICS
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1 | [Pedrotti] Chapter 1: Nature of Light.
2 | [Pedrotti] Chapter 2: Geometrical Optics.
3 | [Pedrotti] Chapter 3: Optical Instrumentation.
4 | [Pedrotti] Chapter 18: Matrix Methods in Paraxial Optics.
5 | [Pedrotti] Chapter 3: Optical Instrumentation.
9 | [Pedrotti] Chapter 4: Properties of Lasers. Chapter 25: Optical Properties of Materials.
11 | [Pedrotti] Chapter 5: Wave Equations. Chapter 7: Interference of Light. Chapter 8: Optical Interferometry.
12 | [Goodman] Chapter 2: Analysis of Two-Dimensional Signals and Systems. Fourier Analysis in Two Dimensions Local Spatial Frequency and Space-Frequency Localization Linear Systems Two-Dimensional Sampling Theory
14 | [Goodman] Chapter 4.3: The Fraunhofer Approximation. Chapter 4.4.1: Rectangular Aperture. Chapter 4.4.2: Circular Aperture. Chapter 4.5.2: Fresnel Diffraction by a Sinusoidal Amplitude Grating.
15 | [Goodman] Chapter 4.4.3: Thin Sinusoidal Amplitude Grating. Chapter 4.4.4: Thin Sinusoidal Phase Grating.
16 | [Goodman] Chapter 5.1: A Thin Lens as a Phase Transformation. The Thickness Function The Paraxial Approximation The Phase Transformation and Its Physical Meaning Chapter 5.2: Fourier Transforming Properties of Lenses. Input Placed Against the Lens Input Placed in Front of the Lens Input Placed Behind the Lens Example of an Optical Fourier Transform Chapter 8.1.1: The Abbe-Porter Experiments.
17 | [Goodman] Chapter 8.1.2: The Zemike Phase-Contrast Microscope. Chapter 8.3: Coherent Optical Information Processing Systems. Coherent System Architectures Constraints on Filter Realization
21 | [Pedrotti] Chapter 26: Laser Operation. Chapter 27: Characteristics of Laser Beams.
22 | [Pedrotti] Chapter 14: Matrix Treatment of Polarization. Chapter 15: Production of Polarized Light.