Course title:
Optics problem solving
Primary programme:
Fizikus mérnök BSc
ECTS credits:
2
Course type:
elective
Number of lectures per week:
0
Number of practices per week:
2
Number of laboratory exercises per week:
0
Further knowledge transfer methods:
-
Grading:
Coursework grade
Special grading methods:
homeworks, two written tests
Semester:
5
Prerequisites:
Electrodynamics and Optics, may be in the same semester: Optics
Responsible lecturer:
Dr. Gábor Erdei, associate professor, PhD
Lecturers and instructors:
Course description:
A course applying in practical examples and somewhat supplementing the theoretical material taught in Optics.
Fermat’s principle, Cartesian surfaces. Complex refractive index. Paraxial wave equation, propagation of Gaussian beams. Fresnel formulae, total internal reflection. Paraxial approximation of geometrical optics, matrix optics. Two-beam interference, Fizeau-interferometer. Multiple-beam interference, Diffraction gratings, Fabry-Pérot interferometer. Scalar diffraction, Fraunhofer approximation. Diffraction of a spherical wave in the vicinity of the focal spot.
Reading materials:
Gabor Erdei: Optics practical notes
Klein-Furtak: Optics
List of competences:
Please find the detailed list, as quoted from the Hungarian training and outcome requirements of the Physicist Engineer program, in the Hungarian version of the course description.