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  General

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• Topics

  
  

  Topics

  Course Schedule

  Week	Topic	Additional reading
  1	Background, Maxwell's equations, Waves, Poynting vector, Light in Matter: The response of dielectric materials.	Hecht 3
  2	Electromagnetic (E-M) theory of waves at a dielectric interface.	Hecht 4
  3	Optical properties of metals.	Hecht 4
  4	Refraction at spherical surfaces, lenses.	Hecht 5
  5	Lenses, mirrors, prisms, fiber optics.	Hecht 5
  6	Geometric Optics of thick lenses and Matrix methods.	Hecht 6
  7	Superposition of electromagnetic (E-M) Waves, Polarization of light.	Hecht 7
  8	Birefringence: Anisotropies in the index of refraction.	Hecht 8
  9	Interference.	Hecht 9
  10	Fraunhofer (far-field) diffraction.	Hecht 10
  11	Fresnel (Near-Field) Diffraction, Kirchhoff’s scalar diffraction theory.	Hecht 10
  12	Fourier optics, Spectra and correlation, Transfer functions, Basics of coherence theory, Visibility, The mutual coherence function and the degree of coherence.	Hecht 11
  13	Introduction to vision: the eye and the brain distribution function

  
  

  Topics

• Textbooks

  
  

  Textbooks

  Eugene Hecht, Optics, 4th Edition, 2002, ISBN 0-321-18878-0 

  
  

  Textbooks

• Lecture, Tutorial and office hours

  
  

  Lecture, Tutorial and office hours

  Office hours

  Name	Day	Hours	Building/Room	E-mail
  Prof. Maoz Shamir	By appointment	by appointmen	M6/429	shmaoz@bgu.ac.il
  Mr. Gabi Socolovsky	Monday	11:00-13:00	M6/420	gabisoco@post.bgu.ac.il

  Lecture/Tutorial

  Group	What?	Name	Day	Hours	Building/Room
  1	Lecture	Prof. Maoz Shamir	Thursday	13:00-16:00	28/106
  11	TA	Mr. Gabi Socolovsky	Monday	16:00-18:00	97/206

  Lecture, Tutorial and office hours

• Course policy

  
  

  Course policy

  Home assignments: 11 out of 13 home exercises must be submitted.

  Exercises will be checked and graded sporadically 

  Grading: 

  * final exam - 80%.

  * exercise grades 20%

  
  

  
  

  Course policy

• Lecture 1

  
  

  Lecture 1

  Lecture 1

  • Lecture-1-Optics File
  • Lecture-2-Optics File
  • ClassEx1 - Electrodynamics File
  • HomeEx1 - Electrodynamics Assignment
  • SolHome1 File

• Lecture 2

  
  

  Lecture 2

  Lecture 2

  • Lecture-3-Optics File
  • ClassEx2 - Dielectrics, fresnel coefficients and more File
  • HomeEx2 - Dielectrics, fresnel coefficients and more Assignment
  • SolHome2 File

• Lecture 3

  
  

  Lecture 3

  Lecture 3

  • Lecture-4-Optics File
  • ClassEx3 - Reflectance, transmittance and evanescent wave File
  • HomeEx3 - Reflectance, transmittance and evanescent wave Assignment
  • SolHome3 File
  • תרגול 3 - הקלטה URL

• Lecture 4

  
  

  Lecture 4

  Lecture 4

  • Lecture-5-Optics File
  • ClassEx4 - Geometric Optics - Mirrors and spherical interface File
  • HomeEx4 - Geometric Optics - Mirrors and spherical interface Assignment
  • SolHome4 File

• Lecture 5

  
  

  Lecture 5

  Lecture 5

  • Lecture-6-Optics File
  • ClassEx5 - Geometric Optics - Thin Lenses File
  • תרגול 5 - הקלטה URL
  • HomeEx5 - Geometric Optics - Thin Lenses Assignment
  • SolHome5 File

• Lectrue 6

  
  

  Lectrue 6

  Lectrue 6

  • Lecture-7-Optics File
  • ClassEx6 - Geometric Optics - Thick lenses, Matrix Method File
  • HomeEx6 - Geometric Optics - Thick lenses and Matrix method Assignment
  • תרגול 6 - URL
  • SolHome6 File

• Lecture 7

  
  

  Lecture 7

  Lecture 7

  • Lecture-8-Optics File
  • ClassEx7 - Geometric Optics - Aperture stops and fiber optics File
  • SolHome7 File
  • HomeEx7 - Geometric Optics - Optical Devices Assignment

• Lecture 8

  
  

  Lecture 8

  Lecture 8

  • Lecture-9-Optic File
  • ClassEx8 - Abberations, Superposition of waves etc File
  • ClassEx9 - Wavepackets and birefringence File
  • HomeEx8 - Abberations and Superposition of waves Assignment
  • HomeEx9 - Birefringence Assignment

• Lecture 9

  
  

  Lecture 9

  Lecture 9

  • Lecture-10-Optic File
  • ClassEx10 - Polarization File
  • HomeEx10 - Polarization Assignment

• Lecture 10

  
  

  Lecture 10

  Lecture 10

  • Lecture-11-Optics File
  • Gratings File
  • תרגול 10 - הקלטה URL

• Lecture 11

  
  

  Lecture 11

  Lecture 11

  • Lecture-11a-Optics File
  • תרגול 11 - הקלטה URL

• Lecture 12

  
  

  Lecture 12

  Lecture 12

  • Lecture-12-Optics File
  • תרגול 12 - הקלטה URL

• Lecture 13

  
  

  Lecture 13

  Lecture 13

  • Lecture 13 - Vision File
  • תרגול 13 - הקלטה URL

• Material for exams

  
  

  Material for exams

  Material for exams

  • exam a 2020 File
  • exam b 2020 File