1) The mathematics of wave motion (波运动方程的数学描述)
The first week: The mathematics of wave motion.(第一周:波运动方程的数学描述)
2) Electromagnetic theory, photons and light (电磁场理论,光子和光)
The second and third weeks: Basic laws of electromagnetic theory, electromagnetic waves, energy, radiation,
light in bulk matter, the electromagnetic-photon spectrum. (第二和第三周:电磁场基本理论,电磁波,能量,
辐射,光与物质相互作用,光谱)
3) The propagation of light (光的传播)
The fourth week: Rayleigh scattering, reflection, refraction, Fermat`s principle, the electromagnetic approach,
total internal reflection, optical properties of metals. (第四周:瑞丽散射,反射,衍射,费马原理,麦克斯韦方
程,全反射以及金属的光学性质)
4) Geometrical optics (几何光学)
The fifth and sixth weeks: Lenses, stops, mirrors, prisms, fiberoptics, optical systems (第五和六周:透镜,镜
子,棱镜,光纤,光学系统)
5) More on geometrical optics (更多关于几何光学)
The sixth and seventh weeks: Thick lenses and lens systems, aberrations. (第六和七周:厚透镜和透镜系
统,畸变)
6) The superposition of waves (波的叠加)
The eighth and ninth weeks: The addition of waves of the same frequency and different frequency, anharmonic
periodic waves, nonperiodic waves (including the fundamental Fourier transforms ). (第八和九周:同频率和不
同频率波的叠加,非谐波周期波,非周期波(包括傅里叶变换基础))
7) Interference (干涉)
The tenth, eleventh and twelfth weeks: Conditions for interference, wavefront-splitting interferometers,
amplitude-splitting interferometers, types and localization of interference fringes, multiple beam interference,
applications of single, multilayer films and interferometry. (第十、十一和十二周:干涉条件,波前劈裂干涉
仪,振幅劈裂干涉仪,干涉条纹的类型,多束干涉,单层和多层膜的应用)
8) Diffraction (衍射)
The twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth weeks: Frauhofer diffraction, Fresnel diffraction, Kirchhoff`s scalar
diffraction theory, boundary diffraction waves (第十二、十三和十四周:夫琅禾费衍射,费内尔衍射,基尔霍夫
的衍射理论,边界衍射波)
9) Polarization (偏振)
The fourteenth, fifteen and sixteenth weeks: The nature of polarized light, polarizers, dichroism, birefringence,
scattering and polarization, polarization by reflection, retarders, circular polarizers, polarization of
polychromatic light, optical activity, induced optical effects-optical modulators, liquid crystals (第十四、十五和
十六周:偏振光的性质,偏振片,二向色性,双折射,散射和偏振,反射与偏振,延迟片,圆偏振片,复合光的
偏振,光学腔,光电以及磁光效应)
10) Modern optics: laser and other topics (现代光学:激光以及其他主题)
The sixteenth week: Lasers and laserlight, nonlinear optics. (第十六周:激光和非线性光学)