ENEE 497 OPTICAL SYSTEM DESIGN

Index Number 19151

TuTh 11:00 –12:15, EGR 2107

This course will also be offered at remote locations through the University of Maryland Instructional Television (ITV) System, and through the National Technological University.

Instructor: Professor Christopher C. Davis,

davis@eng.umd.edu, http://www.ee.umd.edu/~davis

Office: 2401 A.V. Williams Building, 405-3637

Office Hours: MW 11-12:30, and by appointment. I am generally available to talk with students when I am in my office.

If you have a documented disability and wish to discuss academic accommodations with me, please contact me as soon as possible.

The purpose of this course is to teach optical analysis and design techniques by reference to the performance of many different optical components and systems. Attention will be given to real world design in terms of component selection, optimization, and integration into systems.

Students will write their own design modules to generate computer graphics and optical layouts throughout the course. Most homework will require computer analysis and graphical results presentation. I encourage the use of software such as Mathcad, Mathematica, or Matlab.

The optical design software Code V will be used in the early part of the course. This software is available on selected computers on the Electrical Engineering Department UNIX network. Special training sessions will be scheduled early in the semester to make students familiar with elementary features of this software. Remote users will need to contact their local network administrator to learn how to acquire X-term access to the University of Maryland Glue network. The less sophisticated ray tracing program BEAM3 can also be used to study ray tracing, lens design, and aberrations. This program is available in the Engineering College PC Laboratories. ITV students will need to apply for Glue or WAM accounts if they wish to run optical design software remotely. I anticipate that some students will have local access to optical design software such as Code-V, Zemax, Accos, Oslo, Optikwerks, Solstis, BEAM3, BEAM4, and others. The use of any such software will be acceptable in lieu of Code-V.

Students will be asked to design optical systems at various times during the course. They will present rationales for component selection, layout, and system analysis.

There will be two mid-semester examinations on dates to be decided later.

The final examination is in class on Tuesday, December 15, from 8:00-10:00.

ITV and NTU students will take examinations at their home sites..

There will be several projects and homework assignments.

Each student will write a report on a topic of current interest in the area of optical system design. A list of topics will be posted during the semester

Mid-semester examinations 20% each, Final examination 35%,

Homeworks 15%, Report 10%.

Project and Homework grades will be important in determining grade in borderline cases.

There is no single ideal book for this course but Professor Davis's book Lasers and Electro-Optics, by Christopher C. Davis, published by Cambridge University Press,

contains much of the material for the course, together with additional material not needed for ENEE 497. The principal chapters to be covered are: 14,15,16,17,18, and 22.

Most of the following topics should be covered -- not necessarily in the order indicated.

(1) Ray Optics: Basic Design Techniques

Reflection, refraction and total internal reflection

Paraxial ray analysis: ray transfer matrices, principal planes

Ray tracing

Lenses, mirrors and prisms

Imaging, magnification, f/number

(2) Wave Optics in Isotropic Media: Detailed System Analysis

Impedance methods

Anti-reflection coatings, half-wave layers, Brewster's angle

Polarization effects and analysis: Jones matrices

Interference

Diffraction

Gaussian beams

Focusing of Gaussian beams

Resonator design

(3) Optical Instruments: Design Concepts

Stops, pupils and vignetting

Simple microscope

Compound microscope

Astronomical and terrestrial refracting telescopes

Reflecting telescopes

Periscopes

Zoom lenses

Camera lenses

(4) Aberrations

Spherical aberration

Astigmatism

Chromatic aberration

Coma

Distortion

Curvature of field

Non-spherical lenses and mirrors

Quantification of aberration coefficients

Reduction of aberrations

(5) Wave Optics in Anisotropic Media

Birefringence

The indicatrix

Wave-plates and polarizers

Faraday effect and optical isolators

Electro-optic devices: amplitude and phase modulators

Designing with crystals

(6) Fiber Optics: Selection and Utilization

Numerical aperture

Single and multi-mode fibers

V-number

Coupling to fibers

(7) Optical Sources: Selection and Evaluation

Radiometry and Photometry: units and definitions

Point sources, extended sources, Lambertian sources

Characterization by spectrum and coherence

Black-body sources for absolute calibration

Incandescent lamps

Discharge lamps

LEDs

Lasers

(8) Optical Detectors: Selection and Evaluation

Figures of merit, NEP, D^* Responsivity, speed of response

Vacuum tube devices: photodiodes, photomultipliers, channeltrons

Semiconductor detectors: photovoltaic and photoconductive detectors

Thermal detectors: thermopiles, Golay cell, bolometer

Hot carrier detectors

(9) Optical Systems: Design Concepts

Spectrometers

Interferometers: Michelson, Mach-Zehnder, Fabry-Perot

Optical Communication Systems

Optical Design Software

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