Academics
Dop Course Outline
OS6016 Interferometry and Interferometers
Last Revised: 2018-03-26
Course Objectives
To understand the principles of interference as well as the characteristics and applications of various interferometers
Prerequisite
Textbook 1. E. Hecht, “Optics”
2. G. R. Fowles, “Introduction to Modern Optics”
3. M. Born and E. Wolf, "Principles of Optics"
4. Handout
Topical Outline 1. Polarization (linear, circular, elliptical)
2. Jones Calculus
3. Young’s Experiment (extended source, white light)
4. Van Cittert-Zernike theorem and Michelson stellar interferometer
5. Theory of partial coherence (coherent time, coherence length)
6. Fourier transform spectroscopy
7. Intensity interfefometry
8. Plane parallel plate and thin wedge
9. Interference with multiple beams
10. Fabry-Perot interferometer
11. Theory of multilayer films
12. Grating interferometer
13. Moire interferometry
14. Holography and holographic interferometry
15. Self imaging and Talbot interferometer
16. Etc. (Interference microscopy, phase-shifting interferometry, speckle interferometry, Burch’s scatter-plate interferometer, Michelson-Morley experiment, Twyman-Green interferometer, Sagnac interferometer, heterodyne interferometry, Ronchi test, polarization interferometer, Rayleigh interferometer, Fizeau interferometer, Jamin’s interferometer)
Prerequisite
Textbook 1. E. Hecht, “Optics”
2. G. R. Fowles, “Introduction to Modern Optics”
3. M. Born and E. Wolf, "Principles of Optics"
4. Handout
Topical Outline 1. Polarization (linear, circular, elliptical)
2. Jones Calculus
3. Young’s Experiment (extended source, white light)
4. Van Cittert-Zernike theorem and Michelson stellar interferometer
5. Theory of partial coherence (coherent time, coherence length)
6. Fourier transform spectroscopy
7. Intensity interfefometry
8. Plane parallel plate and thin wedge
9. Interference with multiple beams
10. Fabry-Perot interferometer
11. Theory of multilayer films
12. Grating interferometer
13. Moire interferometry
14. Holography and holographic interferometry
15. Self imaging and Talbot interferometer
16. Etc. (Interference microscopy, phase-shifting interferometry, speckle interferometry, Burch’s scatter-plate interferometer, Michelson-Morley experiment, Twyman-Green interferometer, Sagnac interferometer, heterodyne interferometry, Ronchi test, polarization interferometer, Rayleigh interferometer, Fizeau interferometer, Jamin’s interferometer)
