Course details
Optics
Guarantor
Language of instruction
Czech, English
Completion
Examination
Time span
- 39 hrs lectures
- 13 hrs projects
Department
Department of Physics (UFYZ)
Study literature
- Hruška P.: Poznámky z přednášky 2012
- Malý P.: Optika, Karolinum 2008, ISBN 978-80-246-1342-0
Fundamental literature
- Hecht E.: Optics, Addison-Wesley, London 2002, ISBN 0-321-18878-0
- Goodman J. W.: Introduction to Fourier Optics, Roberts publishers, USA 2005, ISBN 0-9747077-2-4
- Saleh B. E. A., Teich M. C,: Fundamentals of Photonics 2nd ed., Wiley, New York 2007, ISBN 0-471-83965-5
- Smith F. G., King. T. A.:Optics and Photonics, Wiley, Chichester UK 2000, ISBN 0-471-48925-5
- Schroeder G.: Technická optika, SNTL, Praha, ČR, 1981
Syllabus of lectures
- Electromagnetic waves and light.
- Light at the interface of two media, Fresnel's equations. Reflection at dielectric and metallic surfaces, linear and elliptical polarization. Polarizers.
- Coherence. Interference from thin films. Interference filters. The Fabry-Perot interferometer.
- Diffraction by edges, slits, gratings and 2D and 3D structures. Holography.
- Transmission of light through media. Dispersion, spectrometers, rainbow. Absorption.
- Thermal radiation. Energy and light quantities. Receptors, human eye. Spectral sensitivity of receptors. Filters and color dividers.
- Elements of image-forming systems. Mirrors, prisms, lenses. The microscope, the telescope. The Fermat principle.
- Analytical ray tracing. Matrix concept. Aperture and field stops. Magnification, resolving power. Errors in image forming. Notes on fiber optics.
- Anisotropic medium, double refraction. Magneto-optic and electro-optic effects. Photoelasticity. Dichroism.
- Physical statistics. Photon. Stimulated and spontaneous emission. Inversion population. Lasers.
- The essentials of luminiscence, phosphors, fluorescence, phosphorescence.
- Scattering of light. Rayleigh's scattering. Luminous ionization in gases, the Aurora.
- Gaseous and atmospheric discharge.
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