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PHYS436

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Applied Optics & Imaging

Mathematics, Physics & AstronomyUndergraduateCollege of Science and Engineering

Course Outline

Principles and applications of imaging and optics. 20% Principles of optical design as pertaining to imaging and spectroscopy. 20% Mathematical theories of Fourier transforms, DFT, FFT, and convolutions in 1D and 2D. 20% Application of Fourier transforms and convolutions to image processing. 10% Optical spectroscopy and spectroscopic analysis. 10% Theory and application of optics principles to LIDAR. 10% Transfer functions (MTF, OTF, etc.) in optics. 10%