Course: Technical optics

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Course title Technical optics
Course code KFY/TOP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šulc Miroslav, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Optical materials, refractive index, Abbe number 2. Absorption and transmission, absorption filters. Reflection, Fresnel formulas, antireflective layers, filters, applications of polarization optics, beam splitters, color splitters 3. Plane mirrors, reflective prisms, dispersive prisms. 4. Spherical surfaces, thin lenses, thick lenses, optical systems, propagation of light in space. 5. Aberrations, spherical aberration, astigmatism, coma, distortion, use of aspherical surfaces. Methods for optical surfaces testing, Hartmann method, Foucault test. 6. Chromatic aberrations, achromatic system. Fresnel lenses. 7. Iris, pupil, vistas, field lenses and condensers. Lenses. 8. Fundamentals of computer design of optical systems, work with the program Zemax 9. Optical fibers, applications. 10. Light sources, thermal sources, lamps, LED, laser. Lighting systems. 11. Detection of light, semiconductor diodes, APD diodes, photomultipliers. Image capture, CCD sensor, line and area CCD cameras, CMOS detectors. 12. Color measurement. spectrophotometers. 13. Introduction to instrumental optics - magnifying glasses, microscopes, endoscopes, telescopes, collimators, measurement of geometrical quantities. 14. Interferometry, Moire technique, basics of holography Exercises Theoretical exercises immediately follow the lecture. and practice material solution to problems mainly in the field of technical applications of optics. More difficult problems are solved at teamwork, less difficult can be solved individually. Students complete two tests during the semester

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing)
  • Contacts hours - 56 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The possible applications of the classical optics are shown. The subject starts from the basics of the geometrical optics, continue with description of simple optical instruments. Major part is focused to using of optical instruments for on-line technological processes monitoring, measurement in technical and medical use and in natural sciences oriented research.
Fundamental knowledge of optical measurements and applications of the optics.
Prerequisites
Passed examination from subject Physics II

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Successful answers to the examination questions are necessary for passing the oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • Bass Michael. Handbook of Optics. McGraw-Hill Inc., New York, 1995.
  • Born M., Wolf E. Principles of Optics. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1980.
  • Bouška V., Kašpar P. Speciální optické metody. Academia, Praha, 1983.
  • Fisher, J. Optoelektronické senzory a videometrie. Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2002.
  • Hecht E., Zajac A. Optics. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1979.
  • Mikš, A. Aplikovaná optika. Česká technika - nakladatelství ČVUT, 2009.
  • Saleh, B. E. A., Teich, M.C. Základy fotoniky I,II. MATFYZPRESS, Praha, 1994. ISBN 80-85863-01-4.
  • Schrőder G. Technická optika. SNTL Praha, 1981.


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