Fourier Optics

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: None. Enforced Prerequisite: EECS 216 or EECS 306; No OP/F; and junior or above; or graduate standing. Minimum grade requirement of “C” for enforced prerequisite. (3 credits) Basic physical optics treated from the viewpoint of Fourier analysis. Fourier-transform relations in optical systems. Theory of image formation and Fourier transformation by lenses. Frequency response of diffraction-limited and aberrated imaging systems. Coherent and incoherent light. Comparison of imagery with coherent and with incoherent light. Resolution limitations. Optical information processing, including spatial matched filtering.