Course code

MLR6006

old course code

MLR6006

Course title in Estonian

Optika

Course title in English

Optics

ECTS credits

4.0

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:
Loengud. Ülesannete ja praktiliste probleemide lahendamine. Laboratoorsed tööd.

Teacher

van.tead T. Laas, dots P. Reiska, õp A. Roode

Prerequisite course 1

Electromagnetism (MLR6005.LT)

The course is a prerequisite