480-6014/01 – Wave Optics (VOPT)
| Gurantor department | Department of Physics | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. RNDr. Petr Hlubina, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. RNDr. Petr Hlubina, CSc. |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type B |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2018/2019 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FEI | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Explain the theoretical fundamentals of wave optics - electromagnetic optics, including polarization optics and optics of anisotropic media, interference and diffraction of light. Discuss physical principles and applications.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Summary
The aim of the subject is to provide students with an overview of the fundamentals of wave optics. Emphasis is placed on the understanding of physical principles as well as on the connection with the application area. The subject includes electromagnetic optics, including polarization optics and optics of anisotropic media, interference and diffraction of light.
Compulsory literature:
1. B. E. A. Saleh, M. C. Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, J. Wiley, New York, 1991.
2. M. Born, E. Wolf, Principles of Optics, Pergamon Press, Oxford 1980.
3. Hariharan, P.: Optical Interferometry. Academic Press, New York, 1985.
4. Halliday, D., Resnick, R., Walker, J.: Physics 4., Prague: Vutium, 2013.
Recommended literature:
1. M. Mansuripur: Classical Optics and its Applications, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
tutorials, oral exam
E-learning
Not available.
Other requirements
Systematic and independent work of a Ph.D. student is supposed.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. ELEKTROMAGNETIC OPTICS
- wave equation and its solution
- energy of electromagnetic radiation, boundary conditions of Maxwell equations
- Gaussian beam, beam optics
- lossy media, complex refractive index
- optical properties of dielectrics, metals and semiconductors
2. POLARIZATION OF LIGHT AND OPTICS OF THE ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM
- Matrix description of light polarization
- reflection and refraction at interface, Fresnel relations
- optics of anisotropic medium and crystal optics
- polarization components, use of light polarization
3. INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION IN OPTICS
- interference of light and interferometry basics
- diffraction, scalar diffraction theory, Fourier optics
- polychromatic light, interference of a partially coherent light
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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