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Course Catalog 1999/2000


Mechanical Engineering

MTF304 Optics 7.5 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q III

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Karl-Evert Fällström Univ lekt


PREREQUISITES
PÄN405.

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.
The student had to plan and carry out lessons in optics for pupils or students.

TEACHING
Lectures, demonstrations and laboratory work.

EXAMINATION
Written examination of the end of the course.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: Passed, Good

ITEMS/CREDITS
Laboratory work 0.00ECTS
Projekt work 1.50ECTS
Written exam 6.00ECTS

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.

Further information: International Office

Valid for the academic year 1999/2000.

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