Section outline

  • I.     Chapter 1: Geometrical Optics

    1.1- Principles and laws of geometrical optics

    1.2- Notions of refringence

    1.3- Snell-Descartes laws, Fermat's principle and Huygens' construction

    1.4- Spherical mirrors and plane mirrors: position formula and image construction

    1.5- Plane and spherical diopter: conjugation formula, magnification, notions of stigmatism and image construction

    1.6- Prism: formulas, deviation and dispersion

    1.7- Thin lenses: position formulas and image construction.

    II.     Chapter 2: Wave Optics

    2.1- Generalities

    2.2- Principle of superposition of two monochromatic waves of the same frequency

    2.3- Interference conditions: Notion of coherence

    2.4- Interference of two coherent waves

    2.5- Multiple wave interference: Michelson and Perot-Fabry interferometers

    2.6- Interference in polychromatic light

    III.     Chapter 3: Diffraction and its Applications

    3.1- Fresnel diffraction and Fraunhoffer diffraction

    3.2- Diffraction by a rectangular aperture and diffraction by a circular aperture

    IV.     Chapter 4: Polarization

    4.1- Transversality of waves

    4.2- Structure of a linearly polarized wave

    4.3- Reflection and refraction by transparent isotropic bodies.

    V.     Bibliography.