Optics
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Course code
MLF6006.LT
old course code
MLF6006
Course title in Estonian
Optika
Course title in English
Optics
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
The goal of the subject is to form a more adequate understanding of optical phenomena and their laws in the students´ worldview.
Brief description of the course
Geometrical optics and photometry. Optical instruments. Wave optics: interference, diffraction, polarisation. Interaction between light and matter, dispersion. Spectra and spectral analysis. Scattering of light. Laws of radiation and the birth of quantum physics. Quantum optics: photoelectrical effect, Compton´s effect. Lab classes on geometrical optics and photometry, the eye, interference of light, diffraction, polarisation and dispersion, photoelectrical effect. Experiments with lasers, holography and fibre optics.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
Knows the laws of geometrical optics and wave optics, and the limits of applicability;
Is able to apply the laws naturally occurring optical phenomenon in explaining and analyzing;
Understand the limits of the applicability of optical work, and naturally occurring phenomena under investigation;
Can use the optics laboratory tools to accurately independently conducted experiments in optics;
Able to analyze the results of the test, to compare the findings from theory and to assess its performance;
Is able to solve the optical functions (graphically, geometrically, analytically), and compare the results obtained from the conclusions of the theory;
Can use a variety of information sources (handbooks, manuals, internet, etc.) in various fields of optics to solve problems;
Teacher
Füüs. - mat. kand. dots. A.Ainsaar, assistent PhD K.Laas, assistent MSc Berit Väli
Prerequisite course 1
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