Course syllabus

Optik och optisk design
Optics and Optical Design

FAFF01, 7,5 credits, G2 (First Cycle)

Valid for: 2012/13
Decided by: Education Board 1
Date of Decision: 2012-03-22

General Information

Main field: Photonics.
Compulsory for: MFOT1
Elective for: E4, E4-ssr, E4-f, F4, F4-f, F4-aft, N4
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English

Aim

The course aims at providing knowledge about the basic principles of optics and practical knowledge on optical design, with the help of a ray tracing program.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• have a good knowledge of optics that allows him/her to design and build industrial optical applications.
• be able to understand why and when a given optical problem can be solved with ray optics, wave optics or electromagnetic optics.
• be able to understand important concepts such as polarization, diffraction, interferometry, holography.

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to do alignments and measurements in optics.
• be able to calculate propagation of light through optical components.
• be able to perform optical designs.
• be able to search and acquire knowledge from references within the field.
• have an increased competence in presenting in writing and orally an accomplished project.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

have an increased experience of working in groups of two or four persons towards a common goal.

Contents

• Ray optics, including matrix-formulation
• Wave optics
• Fourier Optics
• Electromagnetic optics
• Polarization

Three laboratory exercises: Interferometry, Fourier optics and Polarization.

A project with ray tracing.

Examination details

Grading scale: TH
Assessment: Written exam. Mandatory laboratory exercises with report. Ray tracing project with oral and written report.

Admission

Required prior knowledge: Basic physics and mathematics.
The number of participants is limited to: No

Reading list

• Fundamental of Photonics.
• B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich.
• Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics, John Wiley & sons, inc. Second edition.
• Chap 1,2,4,5,6.

Contact and other information

Course coordinator: Anne L´Huillier, anne.lhuillier@fysik.lth.se
Course coordinator: Sven-Göran Pettersson, sven-goran.pettersson@forbrf.lth.se
Course homepage: http://photonics.fysik.lth.se/Optics&opticaldesign.htm