Course: Detection of light

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Course title Detection of light
Course code SLO/PGS7D
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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
Lecturer(s)
  • Haderka Ondřej, prof. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Peřina Jan, prof. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Internal and external photoeffect, material properties. PIN and avalanche photodiodes, regimes of operation. Photomultipliers. Detector noises. CCD camera. Detectors of fast processes. Streak camera. Autocorrelation methods. Complete diagnostics of ultrashort optical pulses. Photocount statitics. Photodetection formula. Single-photon-sensitive detectors. Photon-number-resolving detectors. Image intesifiers. Intensified CCD camera. CCD camera with electron amplification. Multiplexed detectors with delay lines. Special detection structures for quantum optics. Application of photon pairs for the measurement of quantum detection efficiency and production of nonclassical states of light.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Attendace - 20 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 130 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Students are assumed to master the topics described in the content of the subject.
The obtained knowledge is described and clearly defined in the content of the subject.
Prerequisites
The subject is oriented to gaining and improving knowledge.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark

Research of the scientific literature, discussions about the studied topics.
Recommended literature
  • Vybrané aktuální časopisecké publikace..
  • Rieke, G.H. (2002). Detection of light. From the Ultraviolet to the Submillimeter. Cambridge Univ. Press, 2. edition, Cambridge.
  • Saleh, B.E.A., Teich, M.C. (1994). Základy fotoniky. Matfyzpress, Praha.


Study plans that include the course
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