PřF:F3061 Optics seminar - Course Information

F3061 Oscillations, waves, optics - seminar

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2015

Extent and Intensity

0/2. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Jiří Chaloupka, Ph.D. (lecturer)

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Timetable

Tue 16:00–17:50 F4,03017

Prerequisites (in Czech)

F1030 Mechanics and molecular physic && F2050 Electricity and magnetism

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

The seminar provides tutorials on several advanced topics and solutions of problems extending the course Oscillations, waves, optics.

Syllabus

1. anharmonic oscillations of a pendulum
2. oscillations of simple molecules
3. linear response theory
4. wave packets in dispersing media
5. spectral decomposition of light (prism, rainbow)
6. light propagation in optically inhomogenenous media (mirages, light bending by a gravitational field)
7. light propagation through multilayers, 1D photonic crystals
8. Fraunhofer diffraction on 1D and 2D gratings
9. Fresnel diffraction
10. Fourier optics

Literature

recommended literature

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

Teaching methods

lectures + class discussion

Assessment methods

To get the credit, a good orientation in the topics of the course has to demonstrated in a final discussion.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.