Course detail
Design of Instruments and Optomechanics II
FSI-TK2 Acad. year: 2025/2026 Summer semester
The course acquaints students with advanced design solutions of optomechanical instruments. Special attention is paid to microscope systems, interference and holographic instruments, devices for spectroscopy and systems for scatterometry. Students will be acquainted with design solutions of these optical systems and devices so that they are able to design optical instruments based on knowledge of principles.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
7
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
Design of instruments and optomechanics I
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Active participation in seminars and three written tests.
Exam: written.
Attendance at seminars is obligatory and is monitored by the teacher. The way of compensating missed lessons will be determined by the teacher based on the extent and content of missed lessons.
Aims
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the principles and design of optomechanical assemblies in the fields of light microscopy, holography, spectroscopy and scatterometry with optimal use of computers. Students will learn the properties of real optomechanical assemblies and their combinations. They will also be able to use the acquired skills and knowledge in the field of design, geometric and wave optics when designing optomechanical systems.
This course enables students to acquire knowledge of the design of advanced optomechanical instruments and devices with respect to the correct mechanical and optical functionality. Students will be systematically acquainted with advanced optical instruments, their construction, adjustment and overall approach to this field, so that they can design these instruments.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-PMO-P: Precise Mechanics and Optics, Master's, compulsory
Programme N-FIN-P: Physical Engineering and Nanotechnology, Master's, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Syllabus
1. Light microscope, design of illumination part
2. Light microscope, design of the imaging part
3. Fluorescence microscopy, design of fluorescence module
4. Confocal microscope with a laser source, and its design, scanning systems
5. Interference microscopes and their selected designs
6. Holographic microscopes and their selected designs
7. Interference and holographic modules, their selected designs
8. Advanced microscope systems
9. Spectroscopes and their selected designs
10. Optomechanics in assemblies for laser ablation
11. Imaging spectroscopic reflectometer, its design, function, and using
12. Scatterometer, its design, function, and using
Computer-assisted exercise
39 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
Computer aided education lectures – design of selected optical devices.