Optical Materials and Optical Techniques in Instrumentation

Course objective

The optical instruments require optics with different materials. The first part of the course provides the introduction of optical materials and their properties used in UV, visible and iR applications. It includes the manufacturing process of optical glass, plastic optics, and metal optics.The second part of the course provides students the understanding of optical techniques used in the design and development of optoelectronic instrumentation.

Course Contents

Optical materials: Optical and mechanical charateristics of optical glass, metal optics, plastic optics and optical crystals, Manufacturing of optics on optical glass and plastics, Injection molding of plastic optics, Single point diamond turning and CNC milling and micromachining, replication techniques Photo-Lithography and its optical system, Illumination and projection systems, Astronomical and remote sensing systems, detectors: Thermal detectors, photon detectors and Imaging detectors