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Terminated in academic year 2017/2018

Physics III

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 717-2130/01
Abbreviation FIII
Course title Physics III
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Physics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Ondřej Životský, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Subject outline:
1. Geometric optics, optical devices, eye.
2. Wave function, wave equation, plane and spherical waves, monochromatic and polychromatic light.
3. Interference, diffraction, light coherence.
4. Electromagnetic optics, energy of elmag. waves, Maxwell equations in homogeneous isotropic materials.
5. Conductive materials, relations between absorption and dispersion.
6. Reflection and transmission of waves, Fresnell relations, polarization of light, Faraday effect.
7. Interaction of radiation with material, photoelectric effect, optical and X-ray spectra, lasers.

Literature

JENKINS, F. A., WHITE, H. E. Fundamentals of optics. 4th ed.: McGraw-Hill, 1981.
HECHT, E. Optics. 2nd ed.: Addison-Wesley, 1987.

Advised literature

BORN, M., WOLF, E. Principles of Optics. Oxford: Pergamon, 1980.
MANDEL, L., WOLF, E. Optical coherence and quantum optics. New York: Cambridge, 1995.