CONTENTS
UPDATE 2 - 25/04/2005

Section 1: Introduction (pdf file  573 Kb) 

Waves - Differential equation of waves - Electric and magnetic units - Maxwell equations - Equation of electromagnetic waves - Types of waves - Relations between E,B,k  for a plane harmonic wave - Energy flow - Polarization - Stokes parameters - Dielectric refraction and reflection - Fresnel formulae for amplitudes - Transmissivity T and reflectivity R - Singular angles - Dissipative media.
Illustrative programs:
                        "Ellipola"      Polarization ellipse - Compiled - Listed
                        "Fresnelf"    Fresnel formulae - Compiled - Listed

Section 2 : Interference by division of amplitude (pdf file  354 Kb)

 Phase difference - Multiple beam interference - Antireflection layers - Matrix calculus of Abeles and Herpin.
Illustrative programs:
                        "Fairy"         Transmitted light under multiple interference - Compiled - Listed

Section 3 : Interference by division of wavefront (pdf file  1,2 Mb)

Huygens - Fresnel principle - Diffraction by slits - Calculation of the diffraction integral - Fraunhofer diffraction - Pupil function - Infinitely wide slit - Circular aperture - Diffraction grating - Back to the principle.
Illustrative programs:
                        "Elegra"       Elementary diffraction grating - Compiled - Listed

Section 4 : Geometrical optics UPDATE 1 - 17/03/2005 (pdf file  1,01 Mb)

Ray tracing in a centered optical system - Meridional ray tracing - Paraxial rays - Analytical applications of paraxial tracing - Lagrange Invariant - Paraxial aperture, field and pupil - Field lens - Chromatic aberration - Achromatization - Estimation of the secondary spectrum - Use of catalogs - General ray tracing (Evaluation of centered optical systems. Introduction to optical design) - Third order aberrations - Derivation of the aberration polynomial by symmetry considerations - Study of each term - Aberrations á la carte.

Illustrative programs:
                    
                        "Caustic"       Study of spherical aberration - Compiled - Listed
                        "Distorti"       Study of distortion - Compiled - Listed
                        "Abacart"     Aberrations á la carte. Study of compounded aberrations - Compiled - Listed

Section 5 :  Applications (pdf file  542 Kb)
Interference by division of amplitude: Fabry-Perot interferometer - Interference filters: Dielectric mirror, Step filter, Multilayer antirreflectants - Interference by division of wavefront:Diffraction grating spectroscopes - Geometrical optics: Design of a refracting telescope objective, Schmidt camera. Theory and design, Correctors with spherical menisci, Field flattener lens

Appendix: Program films UPDATE 2 - 25/04/2005 (pdf file 0,101 mb)

                        "Films"     Analysis and optimisation of interference multilayers - compressed program "unzipfilms.exe"

 Appendix 3: Program "Opsa"     General ray tracing (pdf file 428 kb ) - compressed program "asop.exe" UPDATE 3- 16/12/2008

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Credits for non scientific pictures :
- Galileo, by Leon Huens - "Starry Night" by Vincent van Gogh
- All comic sketches , by Javier Sobrino

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