Optical ray-tracing for analysing systems of sources, lenses, mirrors, prisms, fibers, diffractive elements, MEMS. Zemax® fundamentals, pupils, aspherics, non-sequential tracing, aberrations, image metrics, optimization/merit functions. Applications: imaging, illumination, lasers. Trade-offs, mechanical constraints, tolerances and cost. Physical optics modeling of bean propagation. Near-field diffraction and waveguides. Includes: Experiential Learning Activity Precludes additional credit for PLT 3004 (no longer offered). Prerequisite(s): OSS 1003 or PLT 1003 (no longer offered). Lectures two hours a week, tutorial/laboratory three hours a week.
Optical ray-tracing for analysing systems of sources, lenses, mirrors, prisms, fibers, diffractive elements, MEMS. Zemax® fundamentals, pupils, aspherics, non-sequential tracing, aberrations, image metrics, optimization/merit functions. Applications: imaging, illumination, lasers. Trade-offs, mechanical constraints, tolerances and cost. Physical optics modeling of bean propagation. Near-field diffraction and waveguides. Includes: Experiential Learning Activity Precludes additional credit for PLT 3004 (no longer offered). Prerequisite(s): OSS 1003 or PLT 1003 (no longer offered). Lectures two hours a week, tutorial/laboratory three hours a week.
