Coherence and Statistical Optics

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	480-6091/01
Abbreviation	KSO
Course title	Coherence and Statistical Optics
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Physics
Course coordinator	prof. RNDr. Petr Hlubina, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION - MATHEMATICAL APPARATUS
2. PARTIAL COHERENCE OF SCALAR OPTICAL FIELDS
3. RADIATION OF PARTALLY COHERENT SOURCES
4. PARTIAL COHERENCE OF VECTORIAL OPTICAL FIELDS
5. APPLICATIONS OF PARTIAL COHERENCE THEORY

E-learning

Not available.

Literature

1. GOODMAN, J. Statistical Optics. New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 1985.
2. MANDEL, L.; WOLF, E. Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Advised literature

BORN, M.; WOLF, E. Principles of Optics (Seventh Edition. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2000.

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