Course detail

Optics

FIT-OPDAcad. year: 2025/2026

Electromagnetic waves and light. Fresnel's equations. Reflection at dielectric surfaces. Coherence, thin film interference. Diffraction by 2D and 3D structures. Holography. Thermal radiation. Energy and light quantities. Image-forming systems. Analytical ray tracing, matrix concept. Photon. Stimulated and spontaneous emission. Lasers. Luminiscence, phosphors, fluorescence, phosphorescence. Scattering of light, Rayleygh's scattering.

Doctoral state exam - topics:

  1. Wave equation. Wave functions. Superposition principle. Complex amplitude.
  2. Interference of light waves.
  3. Thermal radiation of bodies and radiation generated by lasers.
  4. Wave passage through optical elements, thin plate of variable thickness.
  5. Diffraction on edges, slits, grids, two-dimensional and three-dimensional structures. Holography.
  6. Fourier transform of aperture function. Diffraction on 2D slit.
  7. Circular slit and resolution of optical devices and human eye.
  8. Matrix paraxial optics. Transmission matrices of optical elements.
  9. Passage of the Gaussian beam through optical elements. ABCD law.
  10. Light at the interface of two media, Fresnel's equations. Reflection at dielectric surfaces, linear and elliptical polarization.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Sedlák, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Physics (UFYZ)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge of physics.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

  • Project - up to 30 points.
  • Written exam - up to 70 points.
  • The total number of points achieved to pass the course must be at least 50 points.

Attendance in seminars is not compulsory.
The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Aims

The goal of the course is to get the students acquainted with principles of physical optics needed for computer graphics and with aspects of modern optics.
Students will learn theory of physical optics needed for computer graphics and general overview of other parts of optics.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Goodman J. W.: Introduction to Fourier Optics, Roberts publishers, USA 2005, ISBN 0-9747077-2-4
Hruška P.: Poznámky z přednášky 2012
Malý, P.: Optika (2ed), Karolinum, 2013, ISBN 978-80-246-2246-0
Smith F. G., King. T. A.:Optics and Photonics, Wiley, Chichester UK 2000, ISBN 0-471-48925-5

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DIT Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DIT Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DIT-EN Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DIT-EN Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Sedlák, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. Electromagnetic waves and light.
  2. Light at the interface of two media, Fresnel's equations. Reflection at dielectric surfaces, linear and elliptical polarization. Polarizers.
  3. Koherence. Interference from thin films. Interference filters. The Fabry-Perot interferometer.
  4. Diffraction by edges, slits, gratings and 2D and 3D structures. Holography.
  5. Thermal radiation. Energy and light quantities. Receptors, human eye. Spectral sensitivity of receptors. Filters and color dividers.
  6. Elements of image-forming systems. Mirrors, prisms, lenses. The microscope, the telescope. The Fermat principle.
  7. Analytical ray tracing. Matrix concept. Aperture and field stops. Magnification, resolving power.
  8. Physical statistics. Photon. Stimulated and spontaneous emission. Inversion population. Lasers.
  9. The essentials of luminiscence, phosphors, fluorescence, phosphorescence.
  10. Scattering of light. Rayleigh's scattering.

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Sedlák, Ph.D.

Project

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Sedlák, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Individually assigned projects. Project defense is part of the exam. Semestral project focuses on a selected part of the course and explains it. The undestranding of the topic, the level of programmed visualiation and its aptness are evaluated.