F3060 Oscillations, waves, optics

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2000
Extent and Intensity
4/2/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Eduard Schmidt, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Dominik Munzar, Dr. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Bochníček, Dr.
Department of Condensed Matter Physics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Eduard Schmidt, CSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
F1030 Mechanics and molecular physic
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Introduction. Oscillations. Harmonic oscillator. Linearity and principle of superposition. Oscillation with two and more degrees of freedom. Linearity, nonlinearity, chaos. Waves. Traveling and standing waves. Waves in one dimension, wave pulse, harmonic wave. Transverse and longitudinal waves and damping. Wave equation. Plane and spherical waves. Superposition. Doppler effect. Sound waves. Light. Black body radiation, photoeffect, photon, de Broglie waves, Compton effect. Wave model. Spectrum of light. Sources and detectors of light. Eye. Electromagnetic theory of light. Wave equation. Propagation of light in vacuum, nonabsorbing and absorbing medium. Reflection and refraction of light. Optical properties of medium. Microscope theory, interaction of light with medium. Lorentz and Drude model. Index of refraction and absorption. Local an macroscopic field. Spectroscopy. Isotropic and anisotropic medium. Polarized light. Polarized and unpolarized light, polarizers and compensators. Optical activity. Interference of polarized light. Matrix representation of polarized light. Interference of light. The principle of superposition. Stationary waves, applications. Interference of monochromatic light, two sources of light (Young, Michelson, Jamin), multiple-beam interference (thin film, Fabry-Perot). Interference of nonmonochromatic light, interference spectroscopy. Time and spatial coherence, Young experiment. Diffraction of light. Fresnel-Kirchhoff diffraction. Fraunhofer approximation, diffraction on aperture and on grating. Fresnel approximation. Formation of images. Geometrical optics. Fermat principle. Imaging, Gauss approximation. Lenses, mirrors. Matrix representation. Aberration of lenses. Simple optical instruments. Abbe theory of imaging, optical filtration, phase contrast, principle of holography.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 1999, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, spring 2012 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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