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This course explores the fundamental principles of optics, including the wave-particle duality of light, interference, diffraction, and electromagnetic waves. Learn the history of optics and how it contributes to our understanding of light. Access the full presentation on PowerShow.com for a comprehensive overview.
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Fundamental of OpticsLAMPA 502 Prof. Walid Tawfik Office:
Course reference • Introduction to Optics, F. & L. Pedrotti
Course Information • Grading: • ASSIG 5 • Attendance 5 • Mid EX1 30 • Final Test 60 • total 100
Optics Nature of Light
Nature of Light • Particle • Isaac Newton (1642-1727) • Optics • Wave • Huygens (1629-1695) • Treatise on Light (1678) • Wave-Particle Duality • De Broglie (1924)
Young, Fraunhofer and Fresnel(1800s) • Light as waves! • Interference • Thomas Young’s (1773-1829) double slit experiment • see http://members.tripod.com/~vsg/interf.htm • Diffraction • Fraunhofer (far-field diffraction) • Augustin Fresnel (1788-1827) (near-field diffraction & polarization) • Electromagnetic waves • Maxwell (1831-1879)
Max Planck’s Blackbody Radiation (1900) • Light as particles • Blackbody – absorbs all wavelengths and conversely emits all wavelengths • The observed spectral distribution of radiation from a perfect blackbody did not fit classical theory (Rayleigh-Jeans law) ultraviolet catastrophe
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