Covers the basics of optical tweezers and their applications in microscopy, manipulation, and spectroscopy, as well as the alignment of molecules using laser pulses.
Covers electromagnetic fields, wave optics, wave interference, diffraction, induction, historical debates on light theories, the electromagnetic spectrum, and wave superposition.
Explains ray vectors, matrices, and properties of paraxial optical systems, with examples of conjugate matrices for thin lens imaging systems.
Introduces geometric, wave, and electromagnetic optics in a series of three courses.
