Chem620: Resources
Chem620: Resources
Chi, 2010.
I. Nature of Light (Discussion Templates)
a.EMR Basics
i. Maxwell’s Equations
ii.Field expressions in a vacuum
iii. Wave properties
i.Source units vs receiver units
ii.Pt source vs extended source
iii.Inverse square law
iv.Irradiance vs intensity
v.Spectral units
II.Radiation Sources & Detectors
a.Sources
i.Incoherent Sources (very brief)
ii.Lasers
iii.Other Coherent Sources
b.Radiation Detectors
i.Figures of merit
ii.PMT
iii.Semiconductor Detectors
iv.Multichannel Detectors
v.Multiplex Detectors
III.The interaction of light with matter
a.Field expressions in a dielectric
b.Transient dielectric polarization
c.Dispersion & Absorption
d.Real and imaginary refractive index
e.Imaginary refractive index and absorption
f.Molar absorptivity
g.Irradiance (revisited)
h.Nonlinear interactions
a.Reflection, refraction and polarization
i. Snell’s law
ii.Fresnel equations
iii.Polarizers (Control of polarization)
V.Imaging
a. Lenses
b.Microscopes
c.Fiber Optics
d.Curved Mirrors
VI.Interference and diffraction
a. Constructive/Destructive Interference
i. Interference Filter
ii. Fabry-Perot interferometer
1.Resolution/resolving power
2.Throughput
iii.Michelson interferometer (need compensator)
iv.Gratings
1.Simple gratings
2.Holographic gratings
3.Transient gratings
a.Acousto-optic filters
VII.Fourier transform spectroscopy
a.Michelson interferometer
i.Electric field at detector
ii.Irradiance at detector
iii.Irradiance as function of Δz => FT
iv.FT examples
1.3 ν oscillation
2.3 ν oscillation w/ bandwidth
b.Fourier Transform spectroscopy
i.Fourier Transform Basics
1.FT expressions: sine, cosine, complex
2.Forward & inverse
3.Examples of “uncertainty” relations
a.Heisenberg
b.Power supply surge => radio static
c.Gaussians
d.Filter performance
ii.Frequency components of library functions
1.Transform linearity
2.Simple library functions
a.Cosine, sine
b.Window, Sinc
c.Table A
d.Filtered square wave
iii.Complex representations of Fourier transformations
VIII.Discrete Fourier transform and noise
a.Numerical Fourier transformation
b.Noise
c.Types classified by
i. Frequency
ii. Source
iii. Signal dependence