Course detail

Engineering Optics

FSI-TIOAcad. year: 2011/2012

The course "Optical Engineering" deals with the aspects of optics and is based on the new trends and recent results in applications of modern optics for solving engineering tasks. The main aim of the subject is focused on the following areas: transmission and evaluation of optical information, elements of special optical
measurement systems, non-destructive measurement techniques, holography, optical correlation and spatial filtering, fibre optics, integrated optics, electro-optical and acousto-optical elements, lasers and their selected applications.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. RNDr. Miroslav Liška, DrSc.

Department

Institute of Physical Engineering (ÚFI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Light trajectory in the gradient environment. Relation between coherent length and spectral width of radiation. Physical principles of laser working. Open propagation and Gaussian pack transformation. Use of the electro-optical and acusto-optical effects. Holographic interferometry. Spectral Interferometry. Coherent optical correlators.

Prerequisites

Students are expected to have the following knowledge and skills when they begin the course: the theory of the electromagnetic field, the geometrical optics, the wave optics and the basic methods of the optical measurements.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Written exam, solution of the selected tasks.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to create a complex overview of the coherent optics. Applications of modern optics: fibre optics, laser interferometry and anemmometry, electro-optical and acusto-optical modulators and deflectors, optical non-destructive testing, optical processing.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Active participation in seminars. Absence will be compensated for by writing an essay on the given topic.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

HITZ, C. B., J. J. EWING a J. HECHT. Introduction to laser technology. 4th ed. Hoboken: John Wiley, c2012. ISBN 04-709-1620-6. (EN)
SALEH, Bahaa E. A. a M. C. TEICH. Fundamentals of photonics. New York: Wiley, c1991. ISBN 978-047-1839-651. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N3901-2 Master's

    branch M-PMO , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch M-FIN , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. RNDr. Miroslav Liška, DrSc.

Syllabus

Light propagation in an inhomogeneous medium. Equation of eiconal.
Guided-wave optics. Waveguide modes.
Fibre optics. (Step-index fibres, graded-index fibres.)
Matrix description of the ray propagation in optics.
Coherent light. Spatial and temporal coherence.
Physical principles of lasers. Optical resonators. Laser systems.
Gaussian beams. Properties. Transmission through optical components.
Laser aplication: Laser interferometry. Anemometry. Line and plain Alignments.
Optical non-destructive testing: Holographic interferometry. Speckle photography. Tomography.
Crystal optics. Electro-optics. Acusto-optics.
Optical processing. Abbe theory. Spatial filtering.

Exercise

14 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jozef Kaiser, Ph.D.
prof. RNDr. Miroslav Liška, DrSc.

Syllabus

Calculation of light path in a graded-index medium.
Ray tracing in the optical system using matrix representation.
Coherence length calculation from the spectral characteristics.
Calculation of the Gaussian pack parameters. Gaussian pack transformation.
Calculation of the electro-optical modulator parameters and acusto-optical deflector of the light.