M1: Fundamentals of Optics (FUND-OPT)15.0 ECTS
(englische Bezeichnung: Fundamentals of Optics)
(Prüfungsordnungsmodul: Fundamentals of Optics)

Lectures:

Inhalt:

The module provides basic knowledge in the field of optics. It covers:

• A Brief History

• Wave Motion: One-Dimensional Waves, Harmonic Waves, Phase and Phase Velocity, Superposition Principle, Complex Representation, Plane Waves, Three-Dimensional Wave Equation, Spherical Waves, Cylindrical Waves

• Electromagnetic Theory, Photons, and Light: Farady’s Induction Law, Gauss’s Law, Ampère’s Circuital Law, Maxwell’s Equations, Transverse Waves, Energy and Momentum, Averaging Harmonic Functions, Radiance and Irradiance, The Inverse Square Law, Photon Counting, Radiation Pressure and Momentum, Electric Dipole, Light in Bulk Matter, Dispersion, The Electromagnetic-Photon Spectrum,

• The Propagation of Light: Rayleigh Scattering, Scattering and Interference, The Transmission of Light Through Dense Media, Transmission and the Index of Refraction, Reflection, Refraction, Huygens’s Principle, Fermat’s Principle, Electromagnetic Approach, Fresnel Equations, Total Internal Reflection, Evanescent Wave, Optical Properties of Metals, Stokes Treatment of Reflection and Refraction, Photons, Waves, and Probability, Quantum Electrodynamics,

• Geometrical Optics: Lenses, Refraction at Spherical Surfaces, Thin Lenses, Finite Imagery, Thin Lens Combinations, Apertures and Field Stops, Entrance and Exit Pupils, Relative aperture and f-Number, Mirrors, Prisms, Fiberoptics, Human eye, Magnifying Glasses, Compound Microscop, Camera, Telescope, Wavefront Shaping, Thick Lenses and Lens Systems, Analytical Ray Tracing, Aberrations,

• Superposition of Waves: Addition of Waves, Standing Waves, Anharmonic Periodic Waves, Nonperiodic Waves,

• Polarization: The Nature of Polarized Light, Polarizers, Dichroism, Birefringence, Polarization by Reflection, Retarders, Optical Modulators, Mathematical Description,

• Interference: Conditions for Interference, Temporal and Spatial Coherence, Holographic Interferometry, The Fresnel-Arago Laws, Young’s Experiment, Wavefront-splitting Interferometers, Dielectric Films – Double-Beam Interference, Michelson Interferometer, Mach-Zehnder Interferometer,

• Diffraction: The Huygens-Fresnel Principle, Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction, Several Coherent Oscillators, Fraunhofer Diffraction, Fresnel Diffraction, Kirchhoff's Scalar Diffraction Theory,

• Fourier Optics: Fourier Transforms, Two-Dimensional Transforms, The Dirac Delta Function, The Convolution Integral, Fourier Methods in Diffraction Theory, Spectra and Correlation, Transfer Functions

• Basics of Coherence Theory

Lernziele und Kompetenzen:

Students

• are able to understand, describe and explain crucial concepts of optics

• are able to apply concepts of optics to solve technical and theoretical problems

Literatur:

Eugene Hecht: Optics

Bemerkung:

The module is registered in order to allow for a separate exam for those students who attended the lecture in Fundamentals in Optics in the winter term 2019/2020 only.

Verwendbarkeit des Moduls / Einpassung in den Musterstudienplan:

1. Advanced Optical Technologies (Master of Science)
   (Po-Vers. 2018w | TechFak | Advanced Optical Technologies (Master of Science) | Gesamtkonto | Fundamentals of Optics)

Studien-/Prüfungsleistungen:

Fundamentals of Optics (written examination) (Prüfungsnummer: 21011)

(englischer Titel: Fundamentals of Optics (written examination))

Prüfungsleistung, Klausur, Dauer (in Minuten): 150, benotet, 15 ECTS

Anteil an der Berechnung der Modulnote: 100.0 %

weitere Erläuterungen:
150 min written exam (but no oral exam) only for students who started MAOT in the winter term 2019

Prüfungssprache: Englisch

Erstablegung: WS 2020/2021, 1. Wdh.: SS 2021 (nur für Wiederholer)

1. Prüfer:

Andreas Paul Fröba

Termin: 29.03.2021, 09:00 Uhr, Ort: KS I