https://tue.osiris-student.nl/onderwijscatalogus/extern/cursus?cursuscode=4CM100&collegejaar=2025&taal=enIntroduction:
- Propagation of light, refractive index.
- Fresnel equations: external and internal reflection, energy conservation, evanescent waves, complex refractive index.
- Principles: Fermat, Snell.
Geometrical optics:
- Image formation: Spherical surfaces, thin lenses, lens systems, image construction, aberrations.
- Instrumentation: Microscope, telescope, eye.
- Matrix method for ray tracing.
Wave optics:
- Superposition: Standing waves, phase velocity, group velocity.
- Interference: two-beam interference, Young's double slit, dielectric layers.
- interferometry: Michelson interferometer, Fabry-Perot interferometer, resolving power, free spectral range, applications.
- Polarization: Principle, Jones vectors and matrices, polarizers.
- Fraunhofer diffraction: Single slit, rectangular and round apertures, diffraction limit, optical resolution, multiple slits.
- Diffraction gratings: dispersion, resolution, types of gratings, free spectral range, spectrometers.
Obtaining:
- an understanding of wave phenomena in physics, illustrated by electromagnetic waves;
- knowledge of electromagnetic wave propagation in dielectric media;
- insight in the principles of geometric optics;
- knowledge of phenomena in geometric optics and the relevant laws;
- knowledge of applications of geometric optics;
- skills in solving problems in geometric optics;
- insight in the principles of wave optics;
- knowledge of phenomena in wave optics and the relevant laws;
- knowledge of applications of wave optics;
- skills in solving problems in wave optics;
- skills in designing an optical system using a numerical ray tracer program;
- practical skills in constructing, using, and optimizing an optical system.
Written examination/resit oral exam