Optics

Course unit code:

311OPT

Course unit title:

Optics

Mode of delivery:

zkouška

Range:

2/I

Type of course unit:

compulsory subject

Level of course unit:

Year of study

2nd year

Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

2

Garant předmětu:

Name of lecturer(s):

Study Objectives:

The course is detailed summary of all the optics, which are available.

Mode of delivery:

Seminar

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

None

Recommended optional programme components

None

Course contents:

The light and its properties. Basic properties of optical environment. Optical display. Aberrations of optical systems. Photometric characteristics of the optical system. Viewing a compound optical system. The image quality. Radiation sources and receptors. Optical elements and systems. Methods of measurement of the basic parameters of optical systems. Imaging lenses, their basic types and display properties. Lenses with variable optical characteristics. Evaluation of display quality optical systems. Installation and justáž lenses. Wave optics. Interference of light. Diffraction of light. Polarization of light. Application of wave optics in cinematography. Quantum optics. Holography.

Study materials:

1.S.F.Ray: Applied photographic optics, Focal Press, New York, 2002.

2.W.Smith, Modern Optical Engineering, 4th Ed.,McGraw-Hill, New York 2007.

3.G.H.Smith, Camera lenses: from box camera to digital , SPIE Press, 2006

4.P.Mouroulis and J.Macdonald, Geometrical Optics and Optical Design (Oxford University Press, New York 1997).

5.M.Born, and E.Wolf, Principles of Optics, Oxford University Press, New York 1999.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

None

Assessment methods and criteria

Written mid term test and final oral exam.

Language of instruction:

English

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

Note:

Antonín Mikš is Professor of applied physics. It is the head of the applied optics Group at the Department of Physics of the Faculty of engineering of Czech Technical University

in Prague.

Further information:

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography (qualification subject)