Course: Optical Elements

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Course title Optical Elements
Course code OPT/OPRV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Stoklasa Bohumil, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Baránek Michal, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Classification of optical elements, imaging and non-imaging elements, basic parameters, used materials and applications. 2. Paraxial parameters of the imaging elements and systems, cardinal points, chief rays. 3. Paraxial ray imaging, lens equations, magnification, paraxial parameters of real lenses. 4. Imaging properties of a spherical interface of dielectric media, imaging by nonparaxial rays, simulations Oslo Premium. 5. Aplanatic imaging by spherical surfaces, design of aplanatic lenses, simulations in Oslo Premium. 6. Aspherical optical surfaces, the passage of rays through aspherical surfaces, design of aspherical lenses and mirrors, simulations in Oslo Premium. 7. Classification, calculation and demonstration of ray aberrations. 8. Coddington equations and their use. 9. Correction of monochromatic aberrations, effect of the lens shaping, the analysis of simple optical elements in Oslo Premium. 10. Material dispersion and correction of chromatic aberrations, simulations in Oslo Premium.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
Paraxial characteristics of optical elements and systems, optical invariants
Knowledge of basic optical elements and their use. The ability to use optical software for desing and analysis of optical systems.
Prerequisites
No prior requirements.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Requirements for credit: solving assigned tasks. Requirements for exam: knowledge dwithin the scope specified by the syllabus.
Recommended literature
  • Baudyš, A. (1989). Technická optika. ČVUT Praha.
  • Born, M.; Wolf, E. (1980). Principles of Optics. Pergamon Press, Oxford.
  • Fuka, J., Havelka, B. (1961). Optika. SPN, Praha.
  • Klabazňa, J. (1992). Základy teorie optických soustav. UP Olomouc.
  • Kuběna, J. (1994). Úvod do optiky. MU Brno.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Optics and Optoelectronics (2021) Category: Physics courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer