Applied Coherent Optics

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Synopsis:

TP interference law for stacionary optical fields, mutual coherence

function, degree of coherence. The Van Citter-Zernike theorem. Fourier

spectroscopy and Fourier optics. Optics of crystals. Jones and Mueller

calculus. Rayleigh scaterring, Mie scattering, intensity and polarization

of scattered light.

Requirements:

Elaboration independent accounts.

Syllabus of lectures:

- TP interference law for stacionary optical fields, mutual coherence function, degree of coherence

- The Van Citter-Zernike theorem.

- Fourier spectroscopy and Fourier optics.

- Optics of crystals. Jones and Mueller calculus.

- Rayleigh scaterring, Mie scattering, intensity and polarization of scattered light.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Analytic and numerical examples on light coherence,propagation of coherent light,birefringence,light scattering and Fourier optics.

Study Objective:

Study materials:

M.Born,E.Wolf:Priciples of Optics,Pergamon Press,N.Y.,1970.

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