PřF:F3060 Oscillations, waves, optics - Course Information

F3060 Oscillations, waves, optics

Extent and Intensity

4/2/0. 5 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Josef Humlíček, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Josef Humlíček, CSc. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Josef Humlíček, CSc.
Department of Condensed Matter Physics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Josef Humlíček, CSc.

Timetable

Tue 14:00–15:50 F2 6/2012, Wed 13:00–14:50 F2 6/2012, Fri 8:00–9:50 F2 6/2012

Prerequisites

F1030 Mechanics and molecular physic && F2050 Electricity and magnetism
Knowledge of mechanics, electricity and magnetism in the range of university courses on general physics. Knowledge of mathematical analysis of functions of a single variable.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Physics (programme PřF, B-FY)
• Physics (programme PřF, N-FY)

Course objectives

This is the third lecture course for students of general physics and of physics teaching. Description of vibrations and waves in physical systems goes across standard division of physical disciplines and includes mechanics, electricity and magnetism and a small part of the micro-world physics. Optics is more independent discipline follow-up to general knowledge of waves.

The main objective of the course is to provide the students in the scope of the lectured topics with the ability to
- formulate the physical background of the problems within lectured topics and to handle their mathematical description
- assemble an approximative solution of the selected problem in a way close to experimental reality
- list important applications for the topics lectured and to explain the appropriate demonstration experiments.

Syllabus

• I. VIBRATIONS Harmonic oscillator: periodic movement, deflection, frequency, amplitude, phase, restoring force, energy. Pendulum: small vibrations of mathematical pendulum, dimensional analysis, physical pendulum. Damped vibrations: dissipation of energy, decaying amplitude, equation of motion. Forced vibrations: periodic external force, equation of motion, phase shift, using complex numbers and functions, resonance, parametric resonance, resonance in the RLC circuit. Coulpled harmonic oscillators: solving equations of motion, weak coupling, frequency of symmetric ans antisymmetric mode, energy transfer. Linear systems: linear operators, linear combination of solutions of homogeneous equations, solutions of inhomogeneous equations, superposition. Acoustics. II. WAVES Wave motion: propagating harmonic wave, acoustic wave in gas, wave equation. Longitudinal and transverse wave on a string: frequency, wavelength, wavenumber, standing wave, transfer of energy. Superposition, interference, group velocity, waves on a liquid surface. Doppler effect. Damped harmonic wave, plane and spherical wave. III. Optics Light - electromagnetic radiation: basic characteristics, optical ranges of frequencies, generation and detection of light, density and flow of energy. Polarisation of light: directional action, superposition, Jones vectora and matrices. Refractive index: linear response, permittivity and conductivity, refractive index, phenomenological models, work of electric force. Reflection and refraction on interfaces: Snell law, Fresnel amplitudes, intensity, waveguides. Geometrical optics: applicability, mirrors, lenses, imaging, matrix scheme for paraxial rays. Optical instruments: camera obscura, magnifying glass, microscope, telescope, aberrations, objectives, optical lithography. Color vision: objective a subjective determination of color, color space, photometry and radiometry. Interference: Fabry-Perot interferometer, thin films and antireflection coatings, double slit. Coherence of light: coherence time and length, correlation function, intensity interferometry. Diffraction: eikonal, approximate solutions, Huyghens principle, uncertainty. Wave-particle dualism.

Literature

• J.Peatross, M.Ware: Physics of Light and Optics http://optics.byu.edu/BYUOpticsBook.pdf
• HECHT, Eugene. Optics. 4th ed. San Francisco: Addison Wesley, 2002, vi, 698. ISBN 0321188780. info
• MAIN, Iain G. Kmity a vlny ve fyzice. Translated by Josef Preinhaelter. [Vyd. 1.]. Praha: Academia, 1990, 346 s. ISBN 8020002723. info
• HALLIDAY, David, Robert RESNICK and Jearl WALKER. Fyzika (Physics). 1st ed. Brno, Praha: Vutium, Prometheus, 2001. ISBN 80-214-1868-0. info
• FEYNMAN, Richard Phillips, Robert B. LEIGHTON and Matthew L. SANDS. Feynmanove prednášky z fyziky. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Alfa, 1985, 488 s. info

Teaching methods

The course consists of the lectures including the demonstration of important experiments (the electronic support materials are presented in IS) and the mandatory excersize (particular problems are solved according to lectured topics). The excersize contains also a credit set of problems to solve and two written tests.

Assessment methods

To be able to proceed to the exam student needs to pass both of the tests in the excersize and to deliver the solved credit problems. If agreed by the teacher, it is possible to substitute the excersize for which there is a letter of apology by a set of problems to solve. The exam is written (2 hours) and oral.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• F3062 Oscillations, waves, optics: enhanced
  NOW(F3060)  
• F3100 Oscillations, waves, optics
  (F1030||F1040) && (!F3060)  
• F3101 Oscillations, waves, optics
  (F1030||F1040) && (!F3060)  

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