Selected chapters from optical diagnostics

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	480-4050/01
Abbreviation	VKOD
Course title	Selected chapters from optical diagnostics
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Physics
Course coordinator	prof. RNDr. Petr Hlubina, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Measurement of refractive index - refractometry
- refractive index and dispersion, total refractometers, surface waves based refractometers, interference refractometers

2. Optical microscopy
- optical microscope, phase contrast microscope, microscope with a polarized light, confocal microscope, fluorescence microscope

3. Measurement of surface topography
- confocal scanning microscopy, interference microscopy, spectral interferometry

4. Measurement of lengths and their changes, velocimetry
- time-domain interferometry, triangulation, time-of-flight method, spectral interferometry, Doppler anemometry, an interference method of crossed beams

5. Determination of course of physical fields
- interferometry, interferometry with a polarized light (photoelasticimetry), holography

6. Spectroscopy
- prism and grating spectrometers, compact spectrometers, Fourier spectrometers

E-learning

Materials are available at https://lms.vsb.cz/?lang=en

Literature

Fuka, J., Havelka, B., Optics (in Czech). SPN, Prague, 1961;
Sochor, V.: Lasers and Coherent Beams (in Czech). Academia, Prague 1990;
Halliday, D., Resnick, R., Walker, J.: Fyzika 4. Elektromagnetic Waves – Optics – Relativity (in Czech). Prague: Vutium and Prometheus, 2001.

Advised literature

Sequens, J.: Technics of Physical Fields Imaging (in Czech). Academia, Prague, 1980;
Hariharan, P.: Optical Interferometry. Academic Press, New York, 1985;
Yoshizawa, T., edit.: Handbook of Optical Metrology, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, New York 2015.

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