1. Light and its properties (duality of light, wavelength, electromagnetic wave, permittivity, refractive index, propagation speed, phase and group velocity, propagation of light in vacuum and material, light spectrum)
2. Photometry and energy of light (energy of light, photometric and radiometric quantities)
3. Colorimetry (color mixing, color coordinates, RGB space, CIE standard, color vision of the human eye)
4. Sources of radiation (blackbody radiation, Lambertian emitters, absorption and transmission of light, luminescence)
5. Ray optics (law of reflection and refraction, Snell's law, Fermat's principle)
6. Optical elements and imaging (planar-parallel plate, prism, wedge, mirrors, lenses)
7. Optical defects and devices (magnifying glass, glasses, microscope, telescope)
8. Wave optics (basic principles of wave optics, wave equation, Kirchhoff's integral, scattering, absorption, dispersion, coherence and light spectrum)
9. Interference and diffraction of light (wave superposition, principle of superposition, interference in thin layer, coherence. Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, diffraction formation, diffraction grating, light diffraction on obstacles of various shapes)
10. Polarization of light (Fresnel equations, linear, circular, and elliptical polarization, polarization filters)
11. Optical properties of materials (scattering and non-scattering media, dispersion and absorption of light, frequency dependence of refractive index, absorption spectra of materials, anisotropy and birefringence)
12. Thin films in technical praxis, interferometers, standing light waves, light diffraction, mathematical description of light diffraction,
13. Fiber optics and modern trends in photonics (optical fiber, propagation of light through optical fiber, types of optical fibers, communication, quantum photonics, photonic crystals and nanostructures, sensors).
2. Photometry and energy of light (energy of light, photometric and radiometric quantities)
3. Colorimetry (color mixing, color coordinates, RGB space, CIE standard, color vision of the human eye)
4. Sources of radiation (blackbody radiation, Lambertian emitters, absorption and transmission of light, luminescence)
5. Ray optics (law of reflection and refraction, Snell's law, Fermat's principle)
6. Optical elements and imaging (planar-parallel plate, prism, wedge, mirrors, lenses)
7. Optical defects and devices (magnifying glass, glasses, microscope, telescope)
8. Wave optics (basic principles of wave optics, wave equation, Kirchhoff's integral, scattering, absorption, dispersion, coherence and light spectrum)
9. Interference and diffraction of light (wave superposition, principle of superposition, interference in thin layer, coherence. Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, diffraction formation, diffraction grating, light diffraction on obstacles of various shapes)
10. Polarization of light (Fresnel equations, linear, circular, and elliptical polarization, polarization filters)
11. Optical properties of materials (scattering and non-scattering media, dispersion and absorption of light, frequency dependence of refractive index, absorption spectra of materials, anisotropy and birefringence)
12. Thin films in technical praxis, interferometers, standing light waves, light diffraction, mathematical description of light diffraction,
13. Fiber optics and modern trends in photonics (optical fiber, propagation of light through optical fiber, types of optical fibers, communication, quantum photonics, photonic crystals and nanostructures, sensors).