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
	MINIPROJECT??/EXAM??