Optics Laboratory

This laboratory course is aimed at introducing the students to the experimental study of fundamentals of Optics, with particular attention to Fourier Optics. Starting from the elementary principles of radiation emission from ordered systems, the students are brought to study experimentally all the Fourier Transform theorems through simple laboratory experiments.

At the end of the laboratory course the student will be able to:
· Align an optical system of intermediate complexity
· Shaping a laser beam with proper spatial features
· Analyze an optical system dealing with the fundamentals of geometric and Fourier Optics
· Analyze a problem through the Fourier Optics theorems
· Describe, design and realize a simple imaging system
· Describe, design and realize a simple diffraction system
· Work on problems deealing with the detection and characterization of wavefronts modulated in amplitude and/or phase
· Read the main Optics textbooks, even in English