| Course title | Optical Properties of Solid Materials |
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| Course code | SLO/OVPLX |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Lesson |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | 1 |
| Semester | Summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 5 |
| Language of instruction | Czech, English |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| 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 |
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| Course content |
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- Optical constants, description of interaction of light with matter, Maxwell equations, Classification of materials according to optical parameters - Relations between optical quantities, refractive index, permittivity, conductivity, susceptibility, matter relations, Kramers-Kronig dispersion relations - Anisotropy, tensor quantities - Propagation of light in anisotropic media, linear and circular anisotropy, solutions of standard problems, uniaxial and biaxial materials - Linear and circular dichroism, stress-induced or modified anisotropy (electric field, magnetic field, stress) - Electrooptical phenomena, linear (Pockels) phenomenon, quadratic (Kerr) phenomenon, examples of usage, amplitude/phase modulators of light - Photoelastic phenomena - Acoustooptical phenomena, Bragg law of diffraction, regimes of diffraction, diffraction orders, efficiency of the element, AO modulator, AO deflector - Interband optical transitions, Fermi Golden Rule - Absortion bands, description of absortion band, critical points, contribution of the photon, experimental absorption bands, influence of exciton - Grating reflection, models of description, description of interaction of light with a matter in particular spectral regions
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Lecture
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| Learning outcomes |
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At the beginning quantities describing the optical properties of solids are introduced. Then the optical phenomenon as electrooptical, acoustooptical, magnetooptical are explained using appropriate mathematical description. Examples of real structures are demonstrated continuously.
Knowledge Describe function of standard optoelectronic elements, describe basic optical properties of solids. |
| Prerequisites |
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Not specified.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Oral exam
Solving of problems during the exercise classes Passing the oral examination |
| Recommended literature |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Science | Study plan (Version): Applied Physics (2019) | Category: Physics courses | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Science | Study plan (Version): Applied Physics (2019) | Category: Physics courses | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Science | Study plan (Version): Nanotechnology (2019) | Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |