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  Classical Optics (Lecture)

Lecturer
Dr. Andrea Aiello

Details
Vorlesung
2 cred.h, ECTS studies, ECTS credits: 5, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Mon 10:00 - 12:00, SR 01.779

Fields of study
WF Ph-MA ab 1

Contents
1. Introduction and survey

2. Maxwell equations in vacuum:

  • Plane wave solutions,

  • Real and evanescent waves

  • Polarization: Stokes parameters and Jones calculus

  • Propagation of 1D wave packets

3. Fourier transform and plane-wave expansion for the electromagnetic fields

  • Scalar and vector potentials

  • Hertz vector potentials

  • Energy, linear and angular momentum densities

4. Scalar optical beams with nonplanar wave fronts

  • Angular spectrum representation

  • Paraxial wave equation

  • From scalar to vector solutions: cross-polarization

5. Hermite-Gauss and Laguerre-Gauss solutions of the paraxial wave equation

  • Quantum-like formalism for paraxial waves

6. From the density matrix to the coherency matrix: Statistical optics

  • Amplitude and intensity correlations

  • Speckles and theory of partially coherent light

The exercises will mainly consist in applications of the concepts presented in the lectures.

ECTS information:
Credits: 5

Additional information

Assigned lectures
UE: Exercises in Classical Optics
Lecturer: Dr. Andrea Aiello
Time and place: Wed 10:00 - 12:00, SR 01.332

Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
Startsemester SS 2014:
Physikalische Wahlfächer Master (PW)

Department: Chair of Experimental Physics (Optics) (Prof. Dr. Leuchs)
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