Course: Optics for Experimental Physicists

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Course title Optics for Experimental Physicists
Course code SLO/OEF
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Pavlíček Pavel, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Illumination - eye as an optical detector, radiation and light quantities, reflective and diffusion surfaces, chained optical systems, loopholes and pupils - Geometrical optics - simple imaging systems (converging and diverging lens, gradient lens, objective lens, telephoto lens, glasses, binoculars), telecentry, Scheimpflug principle, pancratic systems - Defects of imaging - monochromatic defects (error calculation of the third order, spherical defect, astigmatism, curvature of the field, comma, distortion of image), chromatic aberration (achromats and apochromats) - 3D sensors - triangulation, interferometry, influence of coherent speckle

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 44 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
To get acquainted with the principle a purpose of simple optical systems. To learn to use them in his/her laboratory work.
Knowledge Describe the basic principles of simple optical systems used in the experimental physics.
Prerequisites
Basic mathematics. Basic optics.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

- Class attendance - Knowledge of the course topics, ability to discuss about the course topics in wider contexts
Recommended literature
  • (2008). Handbook of optical systems. Wiley.
  • Born M., Wolf E. (1999). Principles of Optics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Hecht E. (2002). Optics. 4th Edition, Addison Wesley.
  • Schröder, G. (1981). Technická optika. SNTL Praha.
  • Smith W.J. (2000). Modern optical engineering. McGraw-Hill.


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