Course detail
Advanced Experimental Methods in Optics
FSI-TSO Acad. year: 2022/2023 Winter semester
The course is devoted to the basic and advanced optical measurement methods and their engineering applications.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
5
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students acquire knowledge and skills necessary for designing of optical systems, measurements and observations.
Students experience experimental work in a team, gain the competence to apply theoretical knowledge during the practical measurement and to present the results of their work in a written form.
Prerequisites
The knowledge of engineering and applied optics is expected.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught through practical laboratory work.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Completion of the course is conditional on having attended all exercises according to the schedule and submitted all reports in at least sufficient quality. The course classification reflects the assessment of the reports, the quality of preparation and of laboratory works.
Aims
The goal of the course is to teach students the basic methods of the optical measurement including the measurement of optical elements and to familiarise students practically with the implementation and accuracy of interference, diffraction and microscopic methods.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Completion of all exercises specified in the selected course option according to the instructions of the tutors is obligatory.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-PMO-P: Precise Mechanics and Optics, Master's, compulsory
Type of course unit
Laboratory exercise
39 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Course Curriculum is formed by particular exercises which are completed according to instructions of the respective teachers.
Exercises in the course:
measurement of angles of optical prisms, wedges, and planparalel plates by means of the ray optics, precise measurements of angles of optical elements by interference methods, refractive index measurement, assembly and adjustment of the interferometer for the purpose of visualization of phase objects, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy – LIBS, optical profilometry – surface-topography measurement, Fresnel diffraction, Fraunhofer diffraction, confocal microscopy, holographic microscopy.