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Fundamentals of Photonics

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Course Unit Code440-2209/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type A
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
FAJ072Ing. Marcel Fajkus, Ph.D.
Summary
Subject Fundamentals of Photonics is concentrated to the explanation of the principal effects in optics, the interaction of radiation and matter, pn junction especially. Subject begins with the explanation of the principal effects in optics, both geometrical and wave and quantum. Students become familiar with the managing of basic activities during optical systém designing, basic manipulation with special sw. The subject part is the study of energy properties of light and radiation.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Understand the function of optical components for following usage in optical networks.
Learning outcomes are set so that the students are able to identify and apply tasks in the field of optoelectronics.
Course Contents
Laws of geometrical optics, geometrical principles of optical imaging, imaging with sphere area, imaging with centered set of n-sphere areas, imaging with set of thin lenses
Limitation of ray bundles within optical system, imaging faults
Mirrors
Constitution and optical system of eye, monocular vision, eye faults and their corrections, binokulár vision, perception and measurements of colors
Glasses, magnifier, microscopes, field glasses
Elements of radiometry, Lambertian sources, elements and concepts of photometry, relationship between radiometry and photometry
Blackbody radiation, radiation of thermal sources
Optical properties of materials for optical media, dispersive and nondispersive media, dispersion, and absorption of light, light resolution, optical spectrum, normal dispersion, calculation of refractive index and characteristic dispersion
Absorption of light, anomal dispassion, spectral analysis, spectral and photometric devices
Detection of radiation, radiometry and photometry, radiometric and photometrical quantities and units, colorimetry and color vision, color coordinates, color scales
Interference of light, wave composition, interference of light from two sources, interference of light from N sources, interference of light on thin film, coherence conditions, methods for making of coherence light sources
Thin films in technical praxis, interferometers, standing light waves, light diffraction, mathematical description of light diffraction,
Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction
Polarization of light, creation, and properties of polarized light, Fresnel relations
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Saleh,B.E.A., Teich,M.C.: Fundamentals of Photonics. Wiley and Sons, New Yersey, USA, 2007, ISBN 978-0-471-35832-9
Bures,J.: Guided Optics. Wiley and Sons, Wieheim, Germany, 2009, ISBN 978-3-527-407796-5
Malý,P.: Optika. Karolinum, Praha 2014, ISBN ISBN: 978-80-246-2246-0.
Saleh,B.E.A., Teich,M.C.: Fundamentals of Photonics. Wiley and Sons, New Yersey, USA, 2007, ISBN 978-0-471-35832-9
Bures,J.: Guided Optics. Wiley and Sons, Wieheim, Germany, 2009, ISBN 978-3-527-407796-5
Malý,P.: Optika. Karolinum, Praha 2014, ISBN ISBN: 978-80-246-2246-0.
Recommended Reading:
Gross,H.: Handbook of Optical Systems. J.Wiley and Sons, Weinheim, 2005, ISBN 978-3-40377-6
Rochester,E., Vinter,B.: Optoelectronics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2002, ISBN 0 521 77813 1
Gross,H.: Handbook of Optical Systems. J.Wiley and Sons, Weinheim, 2005, ISBN 978-3-40377-6
Rochester,E., Vinter,B.: Optoelectronics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2002, ISBN 0 521 77813 1
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit45 20
        ExaminationExamination55 20