Course detail

Methods and Equipment for Technical Diagnostic

FSI-XTD Acad. year: 2020/2021 Summer semester

The course introduces students to the theory of advanced measurement techniques and measuring systems with nanometer resolution.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will acquire skills and experience with respect to measurement methods, application of sensors, and configurations and functional descriptions of measuring instruments.

Prerequisites

Successful completion of the course is conditional on the knowledge and skills acquired in the courses "Physics I", "Physics II", "Metrological Physics".

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures supported by several laboratory experiments.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

An examination composed from oral and written part. Active participation at laboratory experiments and making valuable reports.

Aims

The course focuses on the physical principles of the selected measurement systems.

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

Attendance at seminars in labs is required.

The study programmes with the given course

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

General definitions and theory. Statistics and data processing: classification of random parameters (Gaussian and uniform distribution). Law of error propagation. Experimental data processing.

Sensors: general classification, capacity sensors, sensors based on induction.

Advanced methods of visualisation and diagnostics: Michalson interferometry, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, scanning tunnelling microscopy.

Laboratory exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Laboratory works:
Polarization
Diffraction
Photometry
Wire optics
LCD display

Practical demonstrations:
CT – Computer tomography for industry
LIBS – ablation using pulsed LASER beams
SEM – Scanning Electron Microscopy
AFM – Atomic Force Microscopy
STM – Scanning Tunneling Microscopy