F3060 Oscillations, waves, optics

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
4/2/0. 5 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Eduard Schmidt, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Ondřej Caha, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Josef Humlíček, CSc.
Department of Condensed Matter Physics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Eduard Schmidt, CSc.
Timetable
Mon 14:00–15:50 F2 6/2012, Thu 11:00–12:50 F2 6/2012
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
F3060/01: Fri 8:00–9:50 F3,03015, O. Caha
F3060/02: Mon 16:00–17:50 F2 6/2012, O. Caha
Prerequisites
F1030 Mechanics and molecular physic && F2050 Electricity and magnetism
Knowledge of mechanics, electricity and magnetism in the range of university courses general physics, mathematical analysis functions of one variable.
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
Discipline is the third lecture course for students general physics and teaching of physics. Description of vibrations and waves of physical systems goes across standard division of physical disciplines and includes mechanics, electricity and magnetism and a small part of the micro-world physics. Optics is more independent discipline follow-up to general knowledge of waves. Lectures are essential objectives:
-get acquainted with the chapters of physics at the basic university level of physics
-have the ability to formulate problems in general and to seek solutions to approximate the near experimental facts
-acquainted with a number of applications in the fields
-most serious results show students in the demonstration experiments
-have the ability to interpret the demonstration experiments
-use the knowledge of mathematics to deal with physical problems.
Syllabus
  • 1. Oscillations. Harmonic oscillator, damped and forced oscilations, resonance. Principle of superposition. Nonlinear oscilator. Oscillation with two and more degrees of freedom. 2. Waves. Traveling and standing waves. Harmonic wave, wave pulse. Waves in one dimension and waves in 3D space. Plane and spherical waves. Transverse and longitudinal waves. Wave equation. Superposition. Energy of mechanical waves. Doppler effect. Dispersion and nonlinearity. 3. Surface water waves. Sound waves. Physics of music. Humar ear. 4. Light waves, photon. Spectrum of light. Electromagnetic theory of light. Wave equation. Propagation of light in vacuum and nonabsorbing medium. 5. Geometrical optics. Fermat principle. Imaging, Gauss approximation. Lenses, mirrors. Matrix representation. Aberration of lenses. Simple optical instruments. Human eye, color vision, optical illusions. 6. Interference light. Time and spatial coherence. Interference of monochromatic light, two sources of light (Young, Michelson, Jamin), multiple-beam interference (thin film, Fabry-Perot). Interference of nonmonochromatic light, interference spectroscopy., Young experiment. 7. Diffraction of light. Fresnel-Kirchhoff diffraction. Fraunhofer approximation, diffraction on aperture and on grating. Fresnel approximation. 8. Photometry. 9. 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. Spectroscopy. Isotropic and anisotropic medium. Polarized light. Polarized and unpolarized light, polarizers and compensators. Optical activity. Interference of polarized light. Abbe theory of imaging, optical filtration, phase contrast, principle of holography.
Literature
  • J.Peatross, M.Ware: Physics of Light and Optics http://optics.byu.edu/BYUOpticsBook.pdf
  • HECHT, Eugene. Optics. 4th ed. San Francisco: Addison Wesley, 2002, vi, 698. ISBN 0321188780. info
  • MAIN, Iain G. Kmity a vlny ve fyzice. Translated by Josef Preinhaelter. [Vyd. 1.]. Praha: Academia, 1990, 346 s. ISBN 8020002723. info
  • HALLIDAY, David, Robert RESNICK and Jearl WALKER. Fyzika (Physics). 1st ed. Brno, Praha: Vutium, Prometheus, 2001. ISBN 80-214-1868-0. info
  • FEYNMAN, Richard Phillips, Robert B. LEIGHTON and Matthew L. SANDS. Feynmanove prednášky z fyziky. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Alfa, 1985, 488 s. info
Assessment methods
Teaching: Lecture (demonstration experiments, screening images are available in IS) and exercise (2 written tests), examination: written(two hours) and oral.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
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 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, 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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