Description:

The practical laboratories give advanced practical skills by experimental work in optics and optoelectronics. Laboratory records must be elaborated.

Seminar contents:

1. Introduction, working group assignment.
2. Task No.1: Polarisation of light.
3. Task No.2: Diffraction of light.
4. Task No.3: Interferometry and properties of laser light.
5. Task No.4: Holography.
6. Task No.5: Measurement of refractive index of some substances.
7. Task No.6: Sources of optical radiation and their properties.
8. Task No.7: Transmission properties of optical fibers.
9. Task No.8: Properties of optical fibres and optical sensors.
10.Task No.9: Detection of optical radiation.

Recommended literature:

Key references:
[1] http://optics.fjfi.cvut.cz/?q=cs/ZPOP (in Czech)

Recommended references:
[2] Goodman J.W.: Introduction to Fourier Optics, 2. Edition, McGraw Hill, New York, 1996.
[3] Saleh B.E.A., Teich M.C.: Fundamentals of Photonics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1991.

Instruments:
Optical laboratory

Keywords:

Polarisation of light, diffraction, interferometry, holography, refractive index, optical fibres, optical sensors.

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar