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Fundaments of Optics
FSI-TZOAcad. year: 2011/2012
In the course basic principles of geometrical and wave optics are presented. Particular attention is paid to applications, especially to design of optical systems.
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Fermat's principle - law of refraction and reflection at the interface of two isotropic environments.
Plan-parallel plate, wedge prism, prism for refraction - minimal deviation.
Refraction on a spherical plane, passage of a ray through a system of spherical planes, important points and planes, definition of focal distance and magnification.
Thick/thin lenses, imaging formula, lens system and its solution.
Fresnel's formulas for reflection - total reflection, Brewster's angle.
Mirror imaging. Imaging of points at a common plane with tolerated unsharpness.
Limitation of a ray packet in an optical system - fundamental characteristics of optical systems.
Aberrations of optical systems, their classification and methods of their calculations, Herschel's and Abbe's conditions.
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