Applied Optics

Lecturer:

Šárka Němcová (gar.)

Tutor:

Šárka Němcová (gar.)

Synopsis:

Fundamental optical instruments: principles of function, characteristics, applications.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

Human eye and vision, eye characteristics, aberrations.

Spectacles. Magnifying lens: resolving power, magnification, types.

Microscope: resolving power, magnification, objectives, eyepieces, types, contrast encreasing methods, picture recording methods. Inverted and stereo microscope.

Refracting telescopes: Galileo, Kepler.

Reflecting telescopes.

Optical systems with variable parametres (zoom).

Colorimetry.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Problems and laboratory work related to lectures.

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Williams Ch., Becklund O.: Optics: A Short Courese for Engineers and Scientists, Wiley, 1972

Kingslake R.: Optical System Design, Academic Press, London, 1983

course website: http://pmo.fs.cvut.cz/wiki/index.php?title=E362503:2011B

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: