Diffraction Course
This course builds expertise in diffraction from basic principles to practical sensor design applications. Participants will master Fresnel and Fraunhofer regimes, Airy disk patterns, slit diffraction models, and FFT-based beam propagation techniques. Learners will accurately predict spot sizes, select appropriate apertures, and validate optical setups using real-world physics simulations and experiments, ensuring reliable performance at distances like 0.5 meters.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
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What will I learn?
Gain practical skills in this Diffraction Course to confidently analyse and design aperture configurations. Review essential wave optics principles, grasp Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction regimes, and calculate Fresnel numbers. Master modelling of slits and circular apertures, forecast central lobe widths on detectors, select optimal dimensions, and confirm findings through numerical simulations and simple experiments.
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Develop skills
- Master diffraction regimes to swiftly choose between Fresnel and Fraunhofer for any optical setup.
- Calculate slit and Airy disk patterns to predict minima positions, lobe widths, and spot sizes on detectors.
- Rapidly design apertures by sizing slits and holes for precise sensor coverage at 0.5 m distance.
- Utilise Fresnel number calculations to assess approximation accuracy and select analytic or numerical methods.
- Perform beam simulations and validation using FFT propagation to measure exact lobe characteristics.
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