MIT 2.71 Optics, Spring 2009

This course provides an introduction to optical science with elementary engineering applications. Topics covered in geometrical optics include: ray-tracing, aberrations, lens design, apertures and stops, radiometry and photometry. Created by MIT OpenCourseWare.


Average Course Length

50 hours


Skill Level

Intermediate



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1: Lecture 1
2: Lecture 2
3: Lecture 3
4: Lecture 4
5: Lecture 5
6: Lecture 6
7: Lecture 7
8: Lecture 8
9: Lecture 9
10: Lecture 11
11: Lecture 12
12: Lecture 13
13: Lecture 14
14: Lecture 15
15: Lecture 16
16: Lecture 17
17: Lecture 18
18: Lecture 19
19: Lecture 20
20: Lecture 22
21: Lecture 23
22: Lecture 25
23: Lecture 26
24: Design of a Cooke Triplet
25: Holographic Particle Image Velocimetry
26: Holographic Tomography
27: Wigner Distribution Function and Integral Imaging
28: Light Propagation in Sub-wavelength Modulated Media
29: Accuracy Requirements in the Mechanical Assessment of Photonic Crystals