Photonics and Optics Fundamentals, fall 2024
- Credits:
- 4 ECTS credits
- Location:
- Joensuu
- Continuous learning category:
- Environmental and natural sciences
- Teaching format:
- Online teaching, Distance teaching
- Price:
- 80 € (VAT 0%)
This is an advanced-level course; in Finnish we'd say "syventäviä opintoja". See below for the background you should have.
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the importance of light and photonics
- Understands the nature of light as waves and photons.
- Understands the polarization of light.
- Understands how one can control the polarization of light with different components.
- Understands emission, absorption, and scattering of light.
- Understands reflection and refraction of light.
- Can calculate the direction and the magnitude of reflected and refracted light for a planar interface.
- Understands the interference of light.
- Understands the double-slit experiment.
- Understands the principle of and interferometer.
- Can calculate the directions of the diffraction orders after the diffraction grating.
- Can calculate the field after a simple aperture system.
- Understands the connection between the geometrical and wave approach of light propagation.
- Can analyze light in simple optical components like lenses and mirrors.
- Understands imaging in a simple optical system.
- Can calculate imaging in a simple lens or mirror system.
- Understands how one can characterize the quality of imaging.
- Knows what are the aberrations in an imaging system.
You should know the following before coming to this course; but there are sections in the course material that you can use to update your knowledge on those topics:
- Basics of mechanics like energy, potential, and momentum.
- Basics of linear algebra and matrices.
- Basics of electromagnetism.
- Basic calculation with complex numbers and complex functions.
- Basics of differential and integral calculation.
- Basics of trigonometry.
- Vectors and calculations with those.
- Also it is helpful to understand the basics of quantum mechanics like the quantization of energy.
Simply put, if you can deal with intermediate-level university physics ("aineopinnot"), you'll be just fine.
In Finnish, this course is called "Fotoniikan ja optiikan perusteet".
Modes of study: Supervised online learning that includes: Guided self-learning of the lecture material, quizzes for each lecture, an online session for each lecture, homework, and an exam. OR Self-learning of the material and an exam.
Teaching methods: Supervised online teaching with a schedule, 9.9.–21.10.2024, and a single exam in the EXAM system in some available school with an EXAM room near you during the academic year.
Study materials: The course material is available online. You can peek at the materials here.
The lecture schedule can be found in the study guide; the untranslated "Verkkoluento" means "online lecture".
Our studies cost 20 e/ECTS credit; these prices hold for the academic year 2024-2025.
For more information on study fees and payment and cancellation terms, please see: Registration, study fees and right to study | University of Eastern Finland (uef.fi). Right to study will cover the lessons and exams.
Fees for purchasing/lending literature are not covered by the University.
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