Interferometry

 

Lecturer:

Walter Jaffe: jaffe@strw.leidenuniv.nl

Room ??, ext 7496 (071-5275862)

 

Room 516c (Huygens Leiden)

Lectures Mondays 13:00->15:00 (starting 29 Oct. 2012) Room C4.101

Lectures Thursdays 13:00->15:00 (starting 1 Nov. 2012) Room C4.101

Prerequisites: elementary astronomy+ physics:electromagnetism, introduction to quantum mechanics

Grading: exam or project=80% + homework=20%

Possibly Useful References:

A. Labeyrie et al., "An introduction to optical stellar interferometry" Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006 ISBN 0521828724

A. Glindemann "Principles of Stellar Interferometry "Springer 2011 ISBN 3642150276

R. Bracewell "The Fourier Transform & Its Applications"

L. Mandel & E. Wolf "Optical coherence and Quantum Optics " Cambridge University Press ISBN-10 0521417112

NRAO Synthesis Imaging School

NRAO School on Optical Interferometry

 

Preliminary Course Schedule

Date

Lecture topic

 

Interferometry

29-Oct-12

Introduction: what is interferometry?+some wave optics Intro notes

01-Nov-12

More wave optics/lenses/simple interferometer+some quantum optics Chapter 2 notes

05-Nov-12

Fourier Transforms Chapter 3 notes

08-Nov-12

More Fourier Transforms; Chapter 4 notes

12-Nov-12

Radio Interferometers Chapter 4 notes

15-Nov-12

More Radio Interferometers Chapter 4notes

19-Nov-12

VLBI notes

22-Nov-12

Noise Chapter 5 notes Chapter 6 notes

26-Nov-12

Optical/IR Interferometry Chapter 7 notes

29-Dec-12

Atmospheric Physics Chapter 8 Notes

03-Dec-12

Image Construction Chapter 9 Notes

06-Dec-12

Reduction Project Reduction Project Notes

10-Dec-12

 

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