717-2930/01 – Physics III - Optics (FIII)
| Gurantor department | Department of Physics | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Dr. Mgr. Kamil Postava | Subject version guarantor | doc. Dr. Mgr. Kamil Postava |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2016/2017 | Year of cancellation | 2017/2018 |
| Intended for the faculties | USP, HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
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.
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Summary
Contents:
- Geometric optics, optical instruments, aberrations of optical systems, eye, matrix ray optics.
- Wave function, wave and Helmholtz equations, plane and spherical waves, Gaussian beam, polychromatic light.
- Interference, diffraction, and coherence of light.
- Electromagnetic optics, energy of electromagnetic radiation, solution of Maxwell's equations in homogeneous and isotropic medium .
- Conducting media, complex permittivity, relation between absorption and dispersion.
- Polarization of light, reflection and refraction of electromagnetic waves, Fresnel's equations.
- Optics of anisotropic media, introduction to nonlinear and quantum optics
Compulsory literature:
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.
Recommended literature:
SALEH, B. E. A., TEICH, M. C., Fundamentals of Photonics, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1991;
YOUNG, M., Optics and Lasers, Springer, Berlin, 1986;
HALLIDAY, D., RESNICK, R., WALKER, J.: Fundamentals of Physics, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1997;
FEYNMAN, R. P., LEIGHTON, R. B., SANDS M., The Feynman lectures on physics, Addison-Wesley
1966;
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
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.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Contents:
- Geometric optics, optical instruments, aberrations of optical systems, eye, matrix ray optics.
- Wave function, wave and Helmholtz equations, plane and spherical waves, Gaussian beam, polychromatic light.
- Interference, diffraction, and coherence of light.
- Electromagnetic optics, energy of electromagnetic radiation, solution of Maxwell's equations in homogeneous and isotropic medium .
- Conducting media, complex permittivity, relation between absorption and dispersion.
- Polarization of light, reflection and refraction of electromagnetic waves, Fresnel's equations.
- Optics of anisotropic media, introduction to nonlinear and quantum optics
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