Mechanical Engineering
MTF059 Optics 6.0 ECTS credits
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General information about studying at Luleå University
TIMEPERIOD: Q III
LANGUAGE: English/Swedish
EXAMINER
Lars Benckert Univ lekt
PREREQUISITES
One of MAM039 - 048.
COURSE AIM
The course will give the student a knowledge of geometrical optics, optical instrumentation and physical optics and applications of optics in modern engineering.
CONTENTS
Foundation of geometrical optics. Imaging by lenses and systems of lenses. Matrix methods for construction and analysis of lens systems. Aberrations and simple means to reduce them. Cameras, microscopes, telescopes and other optical instruments. Computer methods to design, analyze and optimise optical systems.
Optical instruments, computer and laboratory work.
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
COURSE GRADE SCALE: 3, 4, 5
ITEMS AND CREDITS
Laboratory work 0.0 ECTS
Written exam 6.0 ECTS
COURSE LITERATURE
F L Pedrotti & L S Pedrotti: Introduction to Optics, Prentice-Hall international edition, 1993.
ISBN 0-13-016973-0
Laboratory instrucions, in Swedish, HLu.
REMARKS
This course can not be combined with the course MTF054 Physical Optics.
Lectures may be given in English.
Last modified 97-03-05
Further information: Lars Benckert
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