Introduction to optics and photonics

• Calculate and measure the radiometric and photometric parameters for light generally
• Design and characterize optical light sources with regards to color and radiation
• Use the Fresnel’s equations to calculate energy relations of light propagating through an interface between two dielectric media
• Describe the principle of propagation of light in an optical wave guide
• Calculate paraxial ray matrices to describe simple as well as complex optical systems
• Discuss the different aberrations and the influence of apertures on imaging systems
• Discuss optical principles behind ray tracing software
• Discuss the functionality of the eye
• Describe polarization and the different states of polarization with the Jones matrices, and discuss how polarized light can be generated
• Discuss the concept of interference and coherence, and calculate properties of different interferometric systems
• Discuss the influence of diffraction on optical systems, and its application (e.g. spectroscopy)
• Insight into real-life applications of optics and photonics – and innovative ways to bring these to the market in medical devices, communications, and other industries

The following concepts and phenomena, and some of their most important applications: Radiometry, photometry, colorimetry, incoherent and coherent light sources, optical detection, Fresnel’s equations, ray optics, ray-tracing, paraxial ray optics, optical aberrations, polarization, interference, Michelson interferometry, Fabry-Perot interferometry, coherence, optical coherence tomography, diffraction, spectroscopy

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Lectures, group work and exercises