1 | Introduction: Statistical Optics, Inverse Problems | |
2 | Fourier Optics Overview | |
3 | Random Variables: Basic Definitions, Moments | G2.1-4 |
4 | Random Variables: Transformations, Gaussians | G2.5-9 |
5 | Examples: Probability Theory and Statistics | Notes |
6 | Random Processes: Definitions, Gaussian, Poisson | G3.1-7 |
7 | Examples: Gaussian Processes | Notes |
8 | Random Processes: Analytic Representation | G3.8-10 |
9 | Examples: Complex Gaussian Processes | Notes |
10 | 1st-Order Light Statistics | G4.1-4 |
11 | Examples: Thermal and Laser Light | Notes |
12 | 2nd-Order Light Statistics: Coherence | G5.1-3 |
13 | Example: Integrated Intensity | G6.1 |
14 | The van Cittert-Zernicke Theorem | G5.4-6 |
15 | Example: Diffraction from an Aperture | G5.7 |
16 | The Intensity Interferometer
Speckle | G6.3
7.5 |
17 | Examples: Stellar Interferometer, Radio Astronomy, Optical Coherence Tomography | Notes |
18 | Effects of Partial Coherence on Imaging | Class |
19 | Information Theory: Entropy, Mutual Information | Notes |
20 | Example: Gaussian Channels | Notes |
21 | Convolutions, Sampling, Fourier Transforms
Information-Theoretic View of Inverse Problems | B2.1-7
and Notes |
22 | Imaging Channels
Regularization | B3.1-5,
5.1-3 |
23 | Inverse Problem Case Study: Tomography
Radon Transform, Slice Projection Theorem | B8.2-3
9.5, 11.1 |
24 | Filtered Backprojection | B11.2-3 |
25 | Super-Resolution and Image Restoration | B10.1-5, 11.4-5 |
26 | Information-Theoretic Performance of Inversion Methods | Class |