一. 內容
OPTICAL THIN FILMS
• quarter-wave film stacks
• theoretical treatment of thin film
--normal incidence, oblique incidence, admittance diagram
• anti-reflection(AR)and high-reflection(HR) coatings
• narrow band filter
• practical considerations
OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY
• basic concepts
--polarization, waves at an interface, coherence
• historical interferometers
--division of wave front, division of amplitude, multiple beam interference
• common interferometers and their applications
--Twyman-Green interferometer, Fizeau interferometer, Sagnac interferometer…
--Analysis of fringes
--practical considerations in using interferometers
SPECIAL TOPICS

二. 教科書:
“Thin Film Optical Filters”, by MacLeod, McGraw-Hill, 1990.
“Basics of Interferometry”, by P. Hariharan, Boston Academic Press, 1992.

三. 成績評量: 期中考(30%)、期末考與期末報告(50%)、與平時作業(20%)
四. 預修課程:無
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