CDSAGENDA V.5 Preparatory School to the Winter College on Optics in Imaging Science

Preparatory School to the Winter College on Optics in Imaging Science

Cosponsor(s):

Co-sponsored by: the International Commission for Optics (ICO), the Optical Society of America (OSA), the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), the European Optical Society (EOS), the Societa' Italiana di Ottica e Fotonica (SIOF), the US National Academy of Science (NAS), the Photonics Society (IEEE) and the Central European Initiative (CEI)

Start Time:

24 January 2011 at 08:15

Ends On:

28 January 2011

Location:

Trieste - Italy

Venue:

LB (Euler Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s):

Directors: William T. Rhodes, J.Ojeda-Castañeda, Gianluca Valentini Local Organisers: J. Niemela (ICTP), M. Danailov (Elettra)

Description:

I M P O R T A N T :
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Please note that this activity is in connection with the Winter College on Optics in Imaging Science (SMR2223, 31 January - 11 February 2011). Who intends to participate to the Preparatory School will also have to attend the entire Winter College.

Material:

Monday, 24 January 2011

Room: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall

24 January 2011

08:15
09:15

Registration & Administrative formalities

01h00'

Room: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby

09:30
12:30

1. Eye and brightness. The eye will be considered in terms of resolution, brightness aspects, color, adaptation, accommodation, aberrations and basic retinal image processing. Photometric quantities will be introduced.

03h00'

lecture_notes

Haeusler, Gerd
Erlangen-Nurnberg University, Germany

12:30
14:00

Lunch Break

01h30'

Room: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria

14:00
17:00

2. Newtonian formulas and optical systems. Gaussian optics, use of Newtonian formulas, several important optical systems will be described, including proper illumination: projector, microscope, and telescope.

03h00'

lecture_notes

Haeusler, Gerd
Erlangen-Nurnberg University, Germany

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Room: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall

25 January 2011

09:00
12:00

3. Optical tips and tricks. In the lab, we have to solve different imaging tasks. This lecture will give some tips and tricks how to do this with simple commercial elements and how to optimize imaging with commercially available lenses.

03h00'

Haeusler, Gerd
Erlangen-Nurnberg University, Germany

12:00
14:00

Lunch Break

02h00'

Room: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria

14:00
17:00

Fourier Transforms, main theorems, examples and exercises.

03h00'