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MTF054 Physical optics 3.0 ECTS credits

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TIMEPERIOD: Q II

LANGUAGE: English/Swedish

EXAMINER
Lars Benckert Univ lekt

PREREQUISITES
One of MAM039 - 048.

COURSE AIM
The course will give the student a knowledge about physical optics and its applications in engineering.

CONTENTS
Interference of light. Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction. Polarisation. Birefringence. Interferometry, holography and other applications. Measurement by optical techniques.

TEACHING
Lectures, demonstrations and laboratory work.

EXAMINATION
Written examination which comprises both conceptual questions as well as ordinary problems, at the end of the course. Passed laboratory course is mandatory.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: 3, 4, 5

ITEMS/CREDITS


Laboratory work                                             	0.0ECTS
Written exam                                                	3.0ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
F L Pedrotti & L S Pedrotti: Introduction to Optics, Prentice-Hall international edition, 1993. ISBN 0-13-016973-0. Laboratory instructions (in Swedish) LUTH

REMARKS
This course can not be combined with the course MTF059 Optics.
Last modified : 97-09-25
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