Course details

Optics

OPT Acad. year 2005/2006 Summer semester

Current academic year

Electromagnetic waves and light. Fresnel's equations. Reflection at dielectric and metallic surfaces, polarization. Coherence, interference from thin films. Diffraction by 2D and 3D structures. Holography. Transmission of light through media. Dispersion, absorption. Scattering. Thermal radiation. Elements of image-forming systems. Analytical ray tracing. Matrix concept. Errors in image forming. Quantum mechanical principles of radiation. Spectra of atoms and molecules. Physical statistics. Photon. Stimulated and spontaneous emission. Lasers. The basis of luminiscence. Radioactive radiation.

Guarantor

Hruška Pavel, doc. RNDr., CSc.

Language of instruction

Czech

Completion

Examination

Time span

  • 39 hrs lectures
  • 13 hrs projects

Department

Department of Physics (UFYZ)

Subject specific learning outcomes and competences

The tudents will learn and understand the physics topics with impact on physical optics. They will learn the basic facts about the physical optics and also get acquaited with the limitations that are necessary to apply for the computer graphics field.

Students will excercise their ability to process new knowledge from the physics and get results based on it. Also improved will be their ability to independently work with literature and prezent the learned knowledge.

Learning objectives

To get acquainted with physics topics with impact on physical optics. To learn the basic facts about the physical optics. To get acquaited with the limitations that are necessary to apply for the computer graphics field.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

There are no prerequisites

Study literature

  • Schroeder G.: Technická optika, SNTL, Praha, ČR, 1981

Fundamental literature

  • Condon E.,U.,Herzberger M.: Optics. In Handbook of Physics, 2nd edition, Ed. Condon E., U. and Odishaw H., McGraw-Hill, New York,1967.
  • Halliday D., Resnick R., Walker J.: Fundamentals of Physics, Willey, New York, USA, 1997, ISBN 0-471-10559-7
  • Alonso M., Finn E. J.: Fundamental University Physics, Addison-Wesley, Reading, UK, 1973
  • Hecht E., Zajac A.: Optics, Addison-Wesley, Reading, UK, 1977, ISBN 0-201-02835-2

Syllabus of lectures

  1. Electromagnetic waves and light.
  2. Light at the interface of two media, Fresnel's equations. Reflection at dielectric and metallic surfaces, linear and elliptical polarization. Polarizers.
  3. Coherence. Interference from thin films. Interference filters. The Fabry-Perot interferometer.
  4. Diffraction by edges, slits, gratings and 2D and 3D structures. Holography.
  5. Transmission of light through media. Dispersion, spectrometers, rainbow. Absorption. Scattering.
  6. Thermal radiation. Energy and light quantities. Receptors, human eye. Spectral sensitivity of receptors. Filters and color dividers.
  7. Elements of image-forming systems. Mirrors, prisms, lenses, the microscope, the telescopes. The Fermat principle.
  8. Analytical ray tracing. Matrix concept. Aperture and field stops. Magnification, resolving power. Errors in image forming. Notes on fiber optics.
  9. The quantum mechanical concept of radiation. The wave function, the Schroedinger equation, the uncertainty principle. The tunnel effect.
  10. Energy levels, the Pauli exclusion principle, energy bands. Spectra of atoms and molecules. Selection rules.
  11. Physical statistics. Photon. Stimulated and spontaneous emission. Inversion population. Lasers.
  12. The basics of luminiscence, phosphors, fluorescence, phosphorescence.
  13. Radioactive radiation.

Progress assessment

Study evaluation is based on marks obtained for specified items. Minimimum number of marks to pass is 50.

Controlled instruction

Discussions and final examination.

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