516-0930/04 – Wave and Photon Optics (VFO-DS)
| Gurantor department | Institute of Physics | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Dr. Mgr. Kamil Postava | Subject version guarantor | doc. Dr. Mgr. Kamil Postava |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2010/2011 | Year of cancellation | 2015/2016 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF, FEI | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Explain fundamentals of wave and photon optics - electromagnetic optics including polarization optics, optics of anisotropic media, interference effects, diffraction, statistical optics, photon optics, principles of lasers, and nonlinear optics.
Discuss physical principles and applications.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Summary
The course includes fundamentals of wave and photon optics. It is focused on
understanding of basic physical principles, but also practical applications
are included. The course is based on electromagnetic optics including
polarization optics and optics of anisotropic media, interference effects,
diffraction, statistical optics, photon optics, principles of lasers, and
nonlinear optics.
Compulsory literature:
1) B. E. A. Saleh, M. C. Teich, Fundamentals of photonics, Willey,
New York, 1991
2) F. A. Jenkins, H. E. White, Fundamentals of optics, 4th ed. McGraw-Hill,
1981
3) M. Born, E. Wolf, Principles of Optics, Pergamon, Oxford 1980
4) L. Mandel, E. Wolf, Optical coherence and quantum optics, Cambridge,
New York, 1995
Recommended literature:
1) E. Hecht, Optics, 2nd ed. Addison-Wesley, 1987
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
individual systematic study
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. ELECTROMAGNETIC OPTICS
- Wave equation and its solution
- The energy of electromagnetic radiation boundary conditions of Maxwell's equations
- Gaussian beam, beam optics
- Loss environment, complex index of refraction
- Optical properties of dielectrics, metals and semiconductors
2. POLARIZATION OF LIGHT AND OPTICS anisotropic ENVIRONMENT
- Matrix description of polarization of light
- Reflection and refraction at the interface Fresnel relations
- Optics of anisotropic environment and crystal optics
- Polarization components, the use of polarization of light
3. Interference and diffraction in optics, statistical optics
- Interference light interferometry and foundations
- Diffraction, scalar and vector diffraction theory, Fourier optics
- Polychromatic light, interference of partially coherent light
- Dispersion of the spherical particles
4. Photon and Nonlinear Optics
- Statistical properties of light, photon optics
- Quantum states of light
- Interaction of photons with matter, the principle of laser
- Nonlinear optical environment
- Application of nonlinear optical phenomena
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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