Medical Photonics / Semester information / Summer term 2018 / 2nd semester / Module A2.1 - Physical Optics
Module A2.1 - Physical Optics
Lecturers
Prof. Dr. Gross, Dr. Dienerowitz, Dr. Böhme
Dates:
- Lectures: Wednesday 12:15-13:45 (Lecture hall 2, Abbeanum)
- Seminars: Wednesday 10:15-11:45 (SR 6, Physik)
Content:
| Week | Lecturer | Subject | Content |
| 1 | Gross | Wave optics | wave equation, interference, interferometry, light propagation, k-vectors |
| 2 | Böhme, Gross | Diffraction | slit, grating, diffraction integral, diffraction in systems, point spread function, aberrations |
| 3 | Böhme | Fourier optics |
plane wave expansion, resolution, image formation, transfer function, phase imaging |
| 4 | Böhme | Quality criteria and resolution | Rayleigh and Marechal criteria, Strehl ratio, coherence effects, two-point resolution, contrast, axial resolution, CTF |
| 5 | Dienerowitz, Gross | Polarization | fundamentals, Jones formalism, Fresnel formulas, birefringence, components |
| 6 | Gross | Coherence | temporal and spatial coherence, Young setup, polychromatic light, speckle, OCT principle |
| 7 | Böhme, Gross | Laser | principle, resonators, types of lasers, Q.switch, modes, power |
| 8 | Dienerowitz | Gaussian beams | basic description, propagation, truncation, aberrations |
| 9 | Dienerowitz | Non-Gaussian beams | generalized beams, Schell beams, LG beams, phase singularities, non-diffracting beams, Bessel beams, Airy beams |
| 10 | Gross | PSF engineering | apodization, superresolution, extended depth of focus, confocal PSF |
| 11 | Dienerowitz | Nonlinear optics | Ultra short pulses, basics of nonlinear optics, light-matter interaction |
| 12 | Dienerowitz | Photon optics | energy, momentum, time-energy uncertainty, photon statistics, fluorescence |
| 13 | Dienerowitz | Scattering | introduction, surface scattering in systems, volume scattering, tissue models, Mie scattering, metal nanoparticles as sensors |
| 14 | Gross | Miscellaneous | coatings, trapping |