Course detail
Design of Instruments I
FSI-TK1 Acad. year: 2018/2019 Winter semester
The course familiarises students with the design of basic optical systems and apparatus. Knowing the basic principles they will be able to design elementary instruments.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
5
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students will be made familiar with concrete optical equipment. They will learned how to operate them and how to perform the maintenance. They will gain the fundamental overview of the field.
Prerequisites
Refractive index, Snell's law, dispersion, light refraction in plan-parallel plate, Gaussian space, graphic determination of the image position, lens maker’s equation (Newton, Gauss, Gullstrand), spherical faces, lenses, Fresnel equations for refraction, mirrors, aberrations of optical systems.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Active participation in seminars (75%) and three written tests. Exam: written.
Aims
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basic properties of optical materials from the geometrical-optics point of view, processes taking place at the interface of the optically isotropic environments, and properties of real optical components and their combination. Students will be able to apply this basic knowledge of geometrical optics in design and construction of optical systems.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Attendance at practicals is obligatory. Absence may be compensated for by the agreement with the teacher depending on the length of absence.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme M2A-P: Applied Sciences in Engineering, Master's
branch M-FIN: Physical Engineering and Nanotechnology, compulsory-optional
Programme M2A-P: Applied Sciences in Engineering, Master's
branch M-PMO: Precise Mechanics and Optics, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Eye – its angular resolution, spectral and energetic sensitivity, accommodation, aberrations and their corrections.
Visual optical instruments (subjective and objective) – principles, approximate calculations, characteristic properties (magnification, resolution, field of view, aperture, depth of displayed space etc.).
Construction and used optical elements.
Subjective visual instruments – eye-glasses, magnifying glass, field glasses (reversal system), microscope (illumination systems), distance meter (types).
Objective visual apparatuses – photographic (f-number, field depth, resolution), magnifying and projecting (condenser principle).
Basic laboratory instruments – types, principles, application for measurement of physical quantities.
Refractometers.
Interferometers (int. comparators, refractometers, spectroscopes).
Computer-assisted exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
PC support of the course – design and drawings of selected apparatuses.