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EE119, Spring 2009
Introduction to Optical Engineering

Monday, Wednesday & Friday 10:00-11:00 am, 285 Cory Hall

Discussion Session:
M 5-6 pm in 293 Cory

Lab Session:
Monday 12 pm, Monday 4 pm, and Tuesday 3 pm in 144F Cory (Enter into the main instruction electronics lab at 144 Cory. The optics lab is on your left.)

Prerequisite:
Physics 7C.

Primary Text:
Optics, 4th edition, by Eugene Hecht, (Addison Wesley Longman, 2002)
Supplementary Text:
Modern Optical Engineering, 3th ed., Warren J. Smith, Mc Graw Hill, 2000)

Course Details:
Optical devices are employed in an ever increasing range of applications, from simple lenses to electronic cameras and displays, to complex fiber-optic communication networks. This course provides an introduction to modern optical engineering, covering the fundamental concepts as well as practical techniques and applications. Basic optical principles are presented, particularly reflection, refraction, aberrations, diffraction, interference, brightness and coherence. Practical aspects of optical materials will be covered as well. Building on this foundation, a wide variety of optical devices and processes are then discussed, including lenses and imaging systems, prisms, simple optical instruments, fiber optics, photodetectors, holography, and lasers.

General topics include followings:
Fundamental principles of optical systems. Geometrical optics and aberration theory. Stops and apertures, prisms and mirrors. Diffraction and interference. Optical materials and coatings. Radiometry and photometry. Basic optical devices and the human eye. The design of optical systems. Lasers, fiber optics, and holography.

Class Syllabus
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Lecturer:
Professor J. Bokor
508 Cory Hall
Phone: (510) 642-4134
jbokor@eecs.berkeley.edu
Office Hours:
508 Cory Hall
Thursday: 9-10 am

Teaching Assistant:
Julia Zaks
jzaks@berkeley.edu
Office Hours:
400A Cory
Wednesday: 11am-noon

Course Administrative Assistant:
Amber Morales
morales@eecs.berkeley.edu

Announcements:

Welcome to EE119

Here is a compilation of everyone's term project abstracts abstracts Project Abstracts
Class on Wednesday, May 6 is cancelled. Projects are due Monday, May 11.

Trip to Chabot Observatory will be on Friday, April 24. We will plan to meet in Cory hall at 5 pm and carpool. Please let Julia know if you have a car, and how many people you can drive.

Here are some example projects
Blu-ray Development
Applications of Holography
Lasik