Through this course, we can help students to fully understand the basic concepts related to modern optics, establish a clear physical picture, and develop the skill to analyze and solve complicated optical problems, to lay solid foundation for future professional courses and career. There are three main different requirements.
1. Highest level, to grasp the concepts and resolved the complicated problems including wave optics, crystal optics.
2. High level, be proficiency with geometric optics.
3. Understanding the contents related to thin film optics, Fourier optics.
The course mainly focuses on geometric optics, interference, diffraction, polarization, dispersion and an introduction to Fourier optics as well as basic concepts of nonlinear optics. The textbook used in this course is Optics, edited by Min Chen, Fuli Zhao, and Jianwen Dong, published by Higher Education Press, August 2018. Videos and slides of lectures, homework, and an online platform of optical design simulation are available in this course. The students need to earn a comprehensive evaluation score by attending lectures, completing assignments and finishing optical design simulation. By using big data statistical method, study suggestions and schedule optimization based on the analysis of student’s behavior during the course are available to effectively improve the students’ learning.
