Optics
Course code
MLF6041.LT
old course code
MLF6041
Course title in Estonian
Optika
Course title in English
Optics
ECTS credits
4.0
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lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
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lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
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Course aims
To support the development of a deepened understanding of optical or light phenomena and their principles;
To enable the development of a deepened physical world-view;
To support the development of knowledge concerning the applicability of optics.
To enable the development of a deepened physical world-view;
To support the development of knowledge concerning the applicability of optics.
Brief description of the course
Geometrical optics and photometry. Optical tools. Wave optics: interference, diffraction, polarisation. The interaction between light and matter, dispersion. Spectrums and spectral analysis. The dispersion of light. Laws of radiation, and the birth of quantum physics. The concepts of quantum optics: photoelectric effect, Compton effect. Solving the exercises on all topics.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- knows the laws of geometrical optics and wave optics, and the limits to applicability;
- can apply the principles of optics while explaining and analysing the phenomena occurring in nature;
- understands the operating principles and the limits to applicability of optical tools while researching the phenomena occurring in nature;
- can solve the exercises in optics (graphically, geometrically, analytically), and compare the obtained results with conclusions deducted from theory;
- can use different sources of information (reference books, handbooks, the Internet, etc.) in order to solve the occurring problems in different domains of optics.
- knows the laws of geometrical optics and wave optics, and the limits to applicability;
- can apply the principles of optics while explaining and analysing the phenomena occurring in nature;
- understands the operating principles and the limits to applicability of optical tools while researching the phenomena occurring in nature;
- can solve the exercises in optics (graphically, geometrically, analytically), and compare the obtained results with conclusions deducted from theory;
- can use different sources of information (reference books, handbooks, the Internet, etc.) in order to solve the occurring problems in different domains of optics.
Teacher
lektor Katrin Laas, lektor Berit Väli
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