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Physics III - Optics

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Course Unit Code9360-0127/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
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
POS40doc. Dr. Mgr. Kamil Postava
HAL29Ing. Lukáš Halagačka, Ph.D.
Summary
Student learns fundamentals of optics. Attention is focused: (1) on theoretical principles, which will be applied in consequent study, (2) on learning of ability to solve physical problems in optics and apply mathematical knowledge in description of optical phenomena, (3) to get wide knowledge and summary of optical methods in modern applications.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Student learns fundamentals of optics. Attention is focused: (1) on theoretical principles, which will be applied in consequent study, (2) on learning of ability to solve physical problems in optics and apply mathematical knowledge in description of optical phenomena, (3) to get wide knowledge and summary of optical methods in modern applications.
Course Contents
Contents:
1. Geometrical optics, imaging, aberrations of optical systems
2. Optical instruments, eye and vision, matrix ray optics
3. Wave function, wave and Helmholtz equations, plane and spherical waves
4. Gaussian beam, polychromatic light.
5. Interference and coherence of light
6. Diffraction of light
7. Electromagnetic optics, Maxwell equations, energy of electromagnetic radiation
8. Solution of Maxwell\'s equations in homogeneous and isotropic medium
9. Conducting media, complex permittivity, relation between absorption and dispersion
10. Polarization of light, Jones matrix formalism, polarization components
11. Reflection and refraction of electromagnetic waves, Fresnel\\\'s equations.
12. Optics of anisotropic medium
13. Introduction to nonlinear and quantum optics
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
SALEH, B. E. A., TEICH, M. C., Fundamentals of Photonics, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1991.
JENKINS, F. A., WHITE, H. E., Fundamentals of optics, 4th ed. McGraw-Hill, 1981.
HECHT, E., Optics, 2nd ed. Addison-Wesley, 1987.
SALEH, B. E. A., TEICH, M. C., Základy fotoniky, Matfyzpress 1994, angl. orig.: Fundamentals of Photonics, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1991.
MALÝ, P. Optika. Karolinum, 2008.
HECHT, E., Optics, 2nd ed. Addison-Wesley, 1987. HECHT, E., Optics, 2nd ed. Addison-Wesley, 1987.
FEYNMAN, R. P., LEIGHTON, R. B., SANDS M., Feynmanovy přednášky z fyziky, Fragment 2000, angl. orig.: The Feynman lectures on physics, Addison-Wesley 1966.
Recommended Reading:
YOUNG, M., Optics and Lasers, Springer, Berlin, 1986.
HALLIDAY, David, Robert RESNICK a Jearl WALKER. Fundamentals of physics. 7th ed., extended. Hoboken: Wiley, c2005. ISBN 0-471-23231-9.
FEYNMAN, R. P., LEIGHTON, R. B., SANDS M. The Feynman lectures on physics, Addison-Wesley 1966.
YOUNG, M., Optics and Lasers, Springer, Berlin, 1986.
JENKINS, F. A., WHITE, H. E., Fundamentals of optics, 4th ed. McGraw-Hill, 1981.
FUKA, J., HAVELKA, B., Optika, SPN Praha, 1961.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
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 51
        CreditCredit (40)
                Písemka 1Written test15 7
                Písemka 2Written test25 12
        ExaminationExamination