Course Summary
This course is designed to teach the fundamental principles of designing first-order optical systems. Students will learn how to design basic optical systems using industry-standard design software.Key Learning Points
- Gain an understanding of the fundamental principles of designing first-order optical systems
- Learn how to use industry-standard design software to design basic optical systems
- Develop skills in evaluating and optimizing optical systems
Related Topics for further study
Learning Outcomes
- Ability to design basic optical systems using industry-standard design software
- Skills in evaluating and optimizing optical systems
- Understanding of fundamental principles of designing first-order optical systems
Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course
- Basic knowledge of physics and mathematics
- Familiarity with industry-standard design software
Course Difficulty Level
IntermediateCourse Format
- Online self-paced course
- Video lectures
- Interactive quizzes
Similar Courses
- Optical Engineering and Optomechanics
- Applied Optical Engineering
Related Education Paths
Notable People in This Field
- Uwe Fink
Related Books
Description
This course can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5600, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree.
Knowledge
- be able to design, to first order, such optical systems with simple mathematical and graphical techniques
Outline
- Introduction to Geometrical Optics
- Introduction to the Course
- Introduction to Geometrical Optics
- What are rays?
- Pinhole Camera
- Rays in OpticStudio
- Snells Laws
- Fermat's Principle
- Snell's Laws in the Laboratory
- PhET Hands-On Practice
- Course Overview
- Tools and Resources
- Getting Started with OpticStudio
- Snell's Law Practice Problem
- Practice problems
- Rays and Snell's Laws
- Optical System Design in OpticStudio
- Introduction to OpticStudio
- System Explorer and the Lens Data Editor
- Entering a Lens
- Analyzing a Lens
- The Lens Catalog
- Configurations
- Optimization
- Introduction
- Getting started with designing a lens in OpticStudio
- Setting up your lens in OpticStudio
- Define multiple inputs to your lens using OpticStudio
- Analyze the performance of your lens
- First Order Ray Tracing
- Jargon and Sign Convention
- Example of Sign Convention
- Graphical Ray Tracing
- Virtual Objects and Images
- PhET Lens Practice
- Positive and Negative Lens Laboratory Demonstration
- Thin Lens Equations
- Imaging with Mirrors
- Single Lens Imaging Example
- Mirror Laboratory Demonstration
- Lenses vs. Mirrors
- Paraxial Analysis in OpticStudio
- Practice ray tracing
- Lenses with PhET
- Practice problem
- Practice Questions
- Ray Tracing and Lens Analysis
- Thick Optics and Mirrors
- Optical Path Length of a Paraxial Lens
- Power of a Single Curved Surface
- Lens Maker's Equation
- Power of Curved Mirrors
- Two Lens System
- Design with Thick Optics
- Applying Thick Optics Concepts
- Thick Lens Application
- Extension of thick lenses
- Practice
- OpticStudio practice
- Thick Optics Practice Problems
- Thick Optics
- First-Order Ray Tracing of Multi-Element Systems
- Tabular first-order ray tracing
- Example of Tabular First-Order Ray Tracing
- Another Example of First-Order Tabular Ray Tracing
- Symbolic Tabular First-Order Ray Tracing
- First-order ray tracing with ABCD matrices
- Example of ABCD matrices
- Properties of the Conjugate Matrix
- The Form of the Conjugate Matrix
- Relating the Conjugate to the System Matrix
- Properties of the 2 Lens System
- Introduction
- Practice on your own
- Background on matrices
- OpticStudio practice
- yu Tracer & ABCD Matrix Practice
- yu Tracer and ABCD Matrices
Summary of User Reviews
Discover the principles of first-order optical system design with this Coursera course. Students praise the practical applications of the course material and find it easy to follow.Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course
Practical applications of the course materialPros from User Reviews
- Practical approach to learning
- Easy to follow
- Great for beginners
- Clear explanations
- Useful for professionals wanting to refresh their knowledge
Cons from User Reviews
- Lacks depth in some areas
- Not enough examples in certain sections
- Limited interaction with instructors
- Some technical issues with quizzes
- Could benefit from more hands-on activities
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