Astronomical Optics courseOlivier Guyon, Phil Hinz, Jim Burge (University of Arizona) |
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Show content only (no menu, header)Letures and additional material for the course "Astronomical Optics" (offered to graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Arizona)Lectures prepared by Olivier Guyon, Phil Hinz and Jim BurgeSpring 2011 semester Course syllabus, summary See bottom of this page for spring 2011 schedule Introduction to courseIntroduction to course [pdf]1. Fundamentals of astronomical imaging systemsThis part of the course serves as an introduction to the course, and introduces fundamental concepts of astronomy and optics which will be explored in more details during the rest of the course. Connect astronomy to telescope and instrument requirements. Introduction of units used for astronomy and how they relate to radiometric quantities.Part 1 , Jan 13, 2011 lecture [pdf] Part 2 , Jan 18, 2011 lecture [pdf] 2. Fundamentals of Telescope design2.1. Telescope types: refractive, reflectivelecture , Jan 20, 2011 lecture [pdf]2.2. Wide field of view designs and aberration correctionlecture , Jan 25, and Jan 27, 2011 lectures [pdf] (Guyon)2.3. Space vs. ground: cryogenic telescopes, design choices, challengeslecture, Feb 1 (Guyon)2.4. Fabrication challenges and solutions (large optics fabrication, integrating optics and telescope structure)lecture Feb 3, Guest lecturer (Buddy Martin)Team project #1: Telescope designfirst-order design (plate scale, FOV, pixel size, diffraction limit), introduction to aberrations with field of viewTEAM PROJECT #1 ASSIGNMENTS GIVEN ON FEB 1 TEAM PROJECT #1 WILL BE DISCUSSED DURING FEB 10 3. Spectrographs for Astronomy3.1. Fundamentals of spectroscopy: science goals, prisms, gratingslecture Feb 8 (Lecturer: Hinz)3.2. Types of spectrographs: slit, multi-object, Integral Field Units (IFUs)lecture Feb 15 (Lecturer: Guyon)--------------- Feb 17: Mirror Lab tour ----------------------lecture Feb 17, Guest lecturer (Buddy Martin)Team project #2 : Spectrograph designfirst-order design: spectral resolution, detector sampling, wavelength coverage, re-imaging optics, dispersing elementTEAM PROJECT #2 ASSIGNMENTS GIVEN FEB 15 TEAM PROJECT #2 WILL BE DISCUSSED FEB 22 4. Interferometry4.1. What does an interferometer measurelecture Feb 24 (Lecturer: Guyon)4.2. Beam combination in interferometerslecture Mar 1 (Lecturer: Hinz)4.3. Phase correction in interferometers: delay lines and adaptive opticslecture Mar 3 (Lecturer: Hinz)4.4. Interferometry on a single aperture: aperture masking, speckle interferometrylecture Mar 8 (Lecturer: Guyon)Team project #3 : Interferometer designFirst-order design: angular resolution, wavelength. Applications to stellar diameter measurement, exozodiacal dust detection, exoplanet detection, image synthesis.TEAM PROJECT #3 ASSIGNMENTS GIVEN MAR 3 TEAM PROJECT #3 DISCUSSED MAR 22 5. Adaptive Optics5.1. Introduction to adaptive optics systemslecture Mar 10 (Lecturer: Guyon)5.2. Atmospheric turbulence and its effect on image qualitylecture Mar 24 (Lecturer: Guyon)5.3. Wavefront sensing for adaptive opticslecture Mar 28 (Lecturer: Guyon)5.4. Wavefront correctionlecture Mar 31 (Lecturer: Guyon)5.5. Laser guide starslecture Apr 5 (Lecturer: Guyon)5.6. Wide field of view correction: ground-layer, multi-conjugate and multi-objects adaptive opticslecture Apr 7 (Lecturer: Guyon)Adaptive Optics team project 5.7. System design, control strategieslecture Apr 12 (Lecturer: Guyon)6. High Contrast Imaging (nulling interferometry & coronagraphy)6.1. High contrast imaging science: exoplanets and diskslecture Apr 14 (Lecturer: Guyon)6.2. Coronagraphslecture Apr 19 (Lecturer: Guyon)lecture Apr 26 (Lecturer: Guyon) lecture Apr 28 (Lecturer: Guyon) 6.3. High contrast imaging systemslecture May 3 (Lecturer: Guyon)Page content last updated: 27/06/2023 06:35:52 HST html file generated 27/06/2023 06:34:45 HST |