Course: Optical properties of materials

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Course title Optical properties of materials
Course code SLO/PGS5O
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Soubusta Jan, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Peřina Jan, prof. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Maxwell equations and optical constants, interaction of light with matter, classification of materials according to optical parameters. Relations between optical constants, refractive index, permittivity, conductivity, susceptibility, matter relations, Kramers-Kronig dispersion relations. Anisotropy, tensor quantities. Propagation of light in anisotropic media, linear and circular anisotropy, solutions of standard problems, uniaxial and biaxial materials. Linear and circular dichroism, stress-induced or modified anisotropy (electric field, magnetic field, stress). Electrooptical phenomena, linear (Pockels) phenomenon, quadratic (Kerr) phenomenon, EO modulators of light. Photoelastic phenomena, aoustooptical phenomena, Bragg law of diffraction, regimes of diffraction, diffraction orders, efficiency, AO modulators. Lattice reflection, models of description, description of interaction of light with a matter in particular spectral regions. Interband optical transitions, Fermi Golden Rule. Absortion bands, critical points, experimental absorption bands, influence of excitons and phonones.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Attendace - 20 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 130 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Students are assumed to master the topics described in the content of the subject.
The obtained knowledge is described and clearly defined in the content of the subject.
Prerequisites
The subject is oriented to gaining and improving knowledge.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark

Research of the scientific literature, discussions about the studied topics.
Recommended literature
  • Boyd R.W. (2008). Nonlinear Optics. Academic Press.
  • C. Klingshirn. Semiconductor Optics (Springer, 2nd edition 2005)..
  • Dmitriev, V. G., Gurzadyan, G. G., Nikogosyan, D. N. (1999). Handbook of Nonlinear Optical Crystal. Springer.
  • Hecht E. (2002). Optics. 4th Edition, Addison Wesley.
  • Huard, S. (1996). Polarization of Light. Wiley.
  • Malý, P. (2008). Optika. Praha: Nakladatelství Karolinum.
  • Saleh B.E.A., Teich M.C. (1994). Základy fotoniky (díl 1-4), (česky překlad "Fundamentals of Photonics", J. Wiley&Sons, Inc., New York). Matfyzpress, UK Praha.
  • Shen, Y. R. (2002). The Principles of Nonlinear Optics. Wiley-Interscience.
  • Schäfer, W, Wegener, M. (2002). Semiconductor Optics and Transport Phenomena. Springer-Verlag Berlin.
  • Yariv, A., Yeh, P. (2002). Optical Waves in Crystals. John Wiley & Sons.


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