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Objectives and competences

Students obtain the basic knowledge fromlinear and nonlinear optics and understand the basics of the optical study of materials.

Content (Syllabus outline)

Wave and particle nature of light; spatial and temporal coherence; polarization. Diffraction and refraction on a plane surface. Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction. Light propagation in matter: Maxwell equations in matter, wave equation, complex index of refraction, light propagation in isotropic dielectrics, light propagation in conducting media, anisotropic optical materials, light propagation in crystals and liquid crystals, double refraction, electro-optic and magneto-optic effects, modulators, optical retarders, conoscopy. Nonlinear optics: symmetries in crystals, second- order nonlinear susceptibilty, frequency doubling, four wave mixing.

Learning and teaching methods

Lectures with demostration experiments Theoretical excercises supervised individual work

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

Knowledge and Understanding: Fundamental understanding of the principles of modern optics.

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes: The modern optics course is a prerequisite to understand several actual engineering problems in e.g. optoelectronics, in medical imaging, in material research, …

Readings

1. G. R. Fowles, Introduction to Modern Optics, 2nd. Ed. (Dover, New York, 1989). 2. R. D. Guenther, Modern Optics (Wiley, New York, 1990). 3. G. Brooker, Modern Classical Optics (Oxford Master Series in Atomic, Optical and Laser Physics) (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003). 4. M. Fox, Optical Properties of Solids (Oxford Master Series in Condensed Matter Physics), 2. izdaja (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010). 5. I. Drevenšek Olenik in M. Vilfan, Optika (Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko, Ljubljana, 2023). 6. M. Čopič in M. Vilfan, Fotonika (Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko, Ljubljana, 2020). 7. katerikoli učbenik s področja moderne optike, laserjev, optoelektronike ali fotonike in optičnih lastnosti materialov

Prerequisits

preknowledge of the Oscillations and Waves, Electromagnetism, Mathematical Physics 1 and 2 and Modern Physics.

  • red. prof. dr. NATAŠA VAUPOTIČ

  • Evaluation of oral defence: 60
  • Written examination: 40

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  • Slovenian
  • Slovenian