ME 615 - Engineering Optics and Optical Techniques

ME 615 - Engineering Optics and Optical Techniques - T6:45 p.m. – 9:30 p.m., 2007 Spring Semester Dougherty Engineering Building Room 405

Instructor: Dr. Kenneth D. Kihm, Magnavox Professor 408 Dougherty Engineering Building Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Department University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-2210 E-mail: [email protected] , Homepage: [http://minsfet.utk.edu]

Office Hours: Open-door policy; drop-ins are welcome and can usually be accommodated; appointments may also be made by e-mail.

Text: 1. Optics, E. Hecht (4rd ed.), Addison Wesley, 2002 2. Special Handout (SHO) Notes prepared by Dr. Kihm

Electronic Lecture Notes: Available at [http://minsfet.utk.edu >> Courses >> Back-To-Basic Optics and Optical Techniques]

Prerequisite: Graduate standing or undergraduate with approval of instructor

Course Description: Closely related optical theories to engineering applications for advanced optical measurements and diagnostic techniques. This course also provides knowledge for researchers in the areas of micro/nano/bio-fluidics and energy transport using and developing optical techniques. Prerequisites: ME341 or approval of instructor

Grading Policy: Weekly Homework Problems 20% Two Midterm Exams (25% each)* 50% Final Project Report 15% Final Project Presentation 15% Total 100%

. *Make-up exams will be given only when you have an acceptable and verifiable excuse and notify the instructor in advance if all possible.

Student Responsibility: Your responsibilities are to attend class, to be on time, to do the reading before and/or after the material is covered in lecture, to take exams at the designated time or make other arrangement in advance, to hand in assignments on time, to actively participate in the final project report/in-class presentation, and to report any academic dishonesty.

1 COURSE OUTLINE AND LECTURE SCHEDULE: Date Lecture Note Topics 1/16/07 LN#1 EM Basics and Maxwell’s Equations (Sec. 3-1, 3-2, Appendix 1) Propagation of Waves (Chapter 2, Sections 3-3, 3-4)

1/23/07 LN#2 Index of Refraction (Sections 3-4, 3-5) Scattering and Transmission (Sections 4.1 and 4.2)

1/30/07 LN#3 Reflection and Refraction-I (Sections 4.3 to 4.8) Reflection and Refraction-II (Sections 4.7 and 4.8)

2/06/07 LN#4 Reflection and Refraction-III (Sections 4.7 and 4.8) Mirrors and Sundry Topics (Sections 5.4, 5.7, 5.8)

2/13/07 LN#5 Ray Tracing for Thick Lens (Secs. 6.1, 6.2) Aberration (Sec. 6.3)

2/20/07 LN#6 Superposition of Waves (Sections 7.1, 7.4)

2/27/07 LN#7 Light Polarization and Polarizers (Chapter 8) Rayleigh Scattering and Polarization

3/06/07 Midterm Exam I (Ch. 2 – 6)

3/13/07 Spring Break

3/22/07 (TR) LN#8 Interferometer (Chapter 9) Fraunhofer Diffraction (Chapter 10)

3/29/07 (TR) LN#9 Spectroscopy and Fresnel Diffraction (Chapter 10)

4/03/07 LN#10 Lasing Conditions (Chapter 13)

4/10/07 LN#11 Special Issues on Current Research Using Optical Techniques

4/17/07 Midterm Exam II (Ch. 7-10, Ch. 13)

4/24/07 LN#12 Final project presentation

4/27/07 Due date for the final project report

Copyright Statement: The handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By “handouts,” I mean all materials generated for this class, which include but are not limited to lecture note materials, syllabi, quizzes, exams, lab problems, in-class materials, review sheets, and additional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right to copy the handouts, unless I expressly grant permission. As commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one’s own the idea, words, writings, etc., which belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you should have the permission of that person. Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagues without which research cannot be safely communicated.