Medical Photonics / Semester information / Winter term 2016/2017 / Module A1.2 - Optical Engineering
Module A1.2 - Optical Engineering
Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Herbert Gross, Dr. Michael Kempe
Schedule:
- Lectures: every Thursday 14.15 - 15.45 Uhr (HS2 Abbeanum), starting on Oct 20th
- Exercise: every second Tuesday 12.15 - 13.45 Uhr (SR3 Physik).
Start of the exercises: Nov 1st. - Course materials: Please, follow this link
Contents:
| Week | Lecturer | Subject | Content |
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1 |
Gross | Introduction | Materials, dispersion, ray picture, geometrical approach, paraxial approximation |
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2 |
Gross | Geometrical optics | Ray tracing, matrix approach, aberrations, imaging, Lagrange invariant |
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3 |
Gross | Components | Lenses, mirrors, stops, cardinal elements, prisms |
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4 |
Gross | Optical systems | Field, aperture, pupil, magnification, infinity cases, lens makers formula, etendue, vignetting |
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5 |
Gross | Aberrations | Introduction, primary aberrations, miscellaneous |
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6 |
Gross | Diffraction | Basic phenomena, wave optics, interference, diffraction calculation, point spread function, transfer function |
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7 |
Gross | Image quality | Spot, ray aberration curves, PSF and MTF, criteria |
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8 |
Gross | Photometry | Notations, fundamental laws, Lambert source, radiative transver, photometry of optical systems |
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9 |
Kempe | Instruments I | Human eye, loupe, collimator, eyepieces, camera lenses, scan systems |
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10 |
Kempe | Instruments II | Microscopic objectives, microscope system, microscopic illumination |
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11 |
Kempe | Instruments III | Medical instrumentation, zoom systems, telescopes |
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12 |
Gross | Optical design | Aberration correction, system layouts, optimization, realization aspects |
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13 |
Gross | Illumination systems | Light sources, basic systems, quality criteria, nonsequential raytrace |
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14 |
Gross | Metrology | Measurement of basic parameters, quality measurements |
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15 |
Gross | Miscellaneous | Diffractive components, spectrometer, adaptive optics, gradient index lenses, sensors, color theory |
A copy of the slides used in the course can be downloaded here.