Prerequisites: PHYS 204L, PHYS 214. Offered in spring. Optical instruments: Monochromators; diffraction gratings. Interferometers: Michelson, Mach-Zehnder, Fabry-Perot and Sagnac interferometers. Geometric optics: generalized paraxial formulas, matrix formalism of Gaussian optics. Imaging properties of lens systems: lens combination, diffraction effects, diffraction-limited lenses and Gaussian beam optics. Optical fiber sensors: Grating, polarization and intensity-based sensors; magnetic, strain, position, temperature and gas flow sensors. |