Course: Optical measurements

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Course title Optical measurements
Course code UFY/516
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Practice
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Frequency of the course In academic years starting with an even year (e.g. 2020/2021), in the winter semester.
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Polívka Tomáš, prof. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Content of lectures: Light sources; light detectors, dispersive elements for optical measurements (gratings, prisms, monochromator, spectrograph); measurements of absorption and emission; vibration and Raman spectroscopy (measurements of small quantities of substances in water, purity of liquids, identification of substances); interferometry (measurements of thickness, surface quality, velocity, distance); microscopes and telescopes; imaging; photographic optics Content of practicals: Practicals supporting the lectures

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Demonstration, Laboratory, Excursion
  • Preparation for classes - 28 hours per semester
  • Field trip - 8 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 10 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The goal is to provide basic knowledge of various types of measurements that employ optical methods.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Passing oral exam, carrying out practicals including data analysis
Recommended literature
  • Hecht, Eugene. Optics. 4th ed. San Francisco : Addison Wesley, 2002. ISBN 0-321-18878-0.
  • Hollas, J. Michael. Modern spectroscopy. 4th ed. Chichester : Wiley, 2005. ISBN 0-470-84416-7.
  • Mayinger, F. Optical Measurements. Springer, 1994.


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