Illinois ECE 460 Optical Imaging, Chapter 6: Interferometry

29 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Gabriel Popescu, Andre da Costa, Christopher Nixon, Glen Svenningsen

This chapter explains the principles of interferometry, among its topics are: Superposition of fields, Monochromatic Fields, many type of interferometry, Temporal Coherence, etc.Notes developed by Professor Gabriel Popescu from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Illinois ECE 460 Optical Imaging, Chapter 1: Introduction to Optical Imaging

28 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Gabriel Popescu, Andre da Costa, Christopher Nixon, Glen Svenningsen

This presentation introduce some basic but fundamental concepts related to optical imaging: Electrical Magnetic Field, Frequency Domain, Measurable Quantities and the Uncertainty Principle. These notes will be used in the introductory classes of the course ECE 460 - Optical Imaging at UIUC.Notes …

Illinois ECE 460 Optical Imaging, Chapter 2: A Mathematical Toolbox for Optical Imaging

28 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Gabriel Popescu, Andre da Costa, Christopher Nixon, Glen Svenningsen

The objective of this presentation is to introduce the students to a set of tools that will be useful throughout the course, among these tools are: Green's Function, Fourier Transforms, Basic Theorems with Fourier Transform, Convolution, Correlation, Refraction and Absorption and Maxwell's …

Illinois ECE 460 Optical Imaging, Chapter 3: Imaging

28 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Gabriel Popescu, Andre da Costa, Christopher Nixon, Glen Svenningsen

This chapter presents Geometrical Optics and also Fourier Optics, two important topics that precede Microscopy. Some of the covered concepts are: Fermat's Principle, Snell's Law, Thick and Thin Lens, System of Lens,Fraunhofer Approximation and Huygens-Fresnel principle.Notes developed by Professor …

Illinois ECE 460 Optical Imaging, Chapter 4: Microscopy

28 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Gabriel Popescu, Andre da Costa, Christopher Nixon, Glen Svenningsen

This chapter presents the main concepts and techniques of Microscopy: Resolution, Contrast, Dark Field Microscopy, Schlieren Method, Phase Contrast Microscopy, Quantitative Phase Microscopy and many other techniques.Notes developed by Professor Gabriel Popescu from University of Illinois at …

Illinois ECE 460 Optical Imaging, Chapter 5: Light Scattering

29 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Gabriel Popescu, Andre da Costa, Christopher Nixon, Glen Svenningsen

This chapter covers important topics related to Light Scattering: Simple particles, Rayleigh Scattering, The Born Approximation, Spatial Correlation, Ensemble of Particles, The Transport Equation, etc.Notes developed by Professor Gabriel Popescu from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.