Course detail

Theory of Measurements, Measurement Techniques and Technical Diagnostics

FSI-9TTD Acad. year: 2022/2023 Winter semester

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

Language of instruction

Czech

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Understanding of selected physical principles and their application in measurements, sensors and equipments.

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 explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

An examination composed from oral and written part.

Aims

Describe physical principles of selected measuring methods and measuring equipments.

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

Participation at every course parts.

The study programmes with the given course

Programme D-APM-P: Applied Mathematics, Doctoral, recommended course

Programme D-APM-K: Applied Mathematics, Doctoral, recommended course

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

20 hours, optionally

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: scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, scanning tunnelling microscopy.