Laser technology and modern optoelectronics

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Department of Physics

Synopsis:

Electromagnetic radiation. Sources of optical radiation and photodetectors. Modern optoelectronic, electronic and mechanical devices and their practical engineering applications. Lasers and their applications in science and engineering.

Requirements:

none

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Electromagnetic radiation and its nature.

2. Sources and detectors of EM radiation.

3. Modern optoelectronic, electronic and mechanical elements and their practical applications.

4. Principles of laser function. Properties of laser radiation.

5. Applications of lasers in science, industry, construction and surveying.

6. Adaptive optics systems and their applications in science and technology and medicine.

Syllabus of tutorials:

The exercises follow the lecture topics.

Study Objective:

Students will be introduced to selected parts of modern physics, the basics of laser theory, radiation sources and detectors, selected modern optoelectronic, electronic and mechanical elements, and their applications.

Study materials:

[1] Vrbová M., Jelínková H., Gavrilov P.: Úvod do laserové techniky, Vydavatelství ČVUT, 1996

[2] Mikš A.: Aplikovaná optika. Vydavatelství ČVUT, Praha 2009

[3] Mikš A.: Fyzika 3. Vydavatelství ČVUT, Praha 2007

[4] Saleh B.E.A., Teich M.C.: Základy fotoniky, MatfyzPress, Praha 1994

[5]Vrbová M. a kol: Lasery a moderní optika. Prométheus, Praha 1994.

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Further information:

http://departments.fsv.cvut.cz/k102/vyuka/laserova-technika-moderni-optoelektronika

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: