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Course Catalog 1999/2000


Mechanical Engineering

MTF054 Physical Optics 3.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q II

LANGUAGE: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: U, 3, 4, 5

ITEMS/CREDITS

Laboratory work 0.00ECTS
Written exam 3.00ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
F. L. Pedrotti & L. S. Pedrotti: Introduction to Optics, Prentice-Hall international edition, 1993/1996.
ISBN 0-13-016973-0.
Laboratory instructions (in Swedish) LTU.


REMARKS
This course can not be combined with the course MTF059 Optics.



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Valid for the academic year 1999/2000.

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