Optics

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Fundamental principles od geomterical optics, image forming by thin and thick lens, lens systems, aberrations.

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Light as electromagnetic radiation. Wavefronts and rays. Index of refraction. Optical path. Polarization.

Fermat's principle. Refraction and reflection at a plane surface. Total internal reflection. Planparalel plate. Handeness and parity.

Plane mirrors and systems of mirrors. Deviating prisms: types, applications.

Dispersion prisms, minimum deviation position. Crown and flint glass, dispersion, Abbe number.

Curved optical surfaces. Transfer equations, ray tracing. Cardinal points and planes. Focal length, optical power. Magnification: transverse, axial, angular.

Centred system of optical surfaces: cardinal points, focal length, magnification, transfer equations.

Thick lens: image forming, ray tracing, types.

Thin lens: image forming, ray tracing (graphically and algebraically). Systems of thin lenses, system focus.

Aberrations of optical systems: monochromatic, chromatic. Corrections of aberrations. Doublets.

Colour mixing, colour systems. Colorimetry.

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Study materials:

E. Dereniak and T. Dereniak: GEOMETRICAL AND

TRIGONOMETRIC OPTICS, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2008

course website: http://pmo.fs.cvut.cz/wiki/index.php?title=2361030:2010A#tab=en

contact email: sarka.nemcova@fs.cvut.cz

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