OTTICA

Degree course: 
Corso di Second cycle degree in PHYSICS
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2017/2018
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2017/2018
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Credits: 
6
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
48
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (48 hours)
Requirements: 

The student must be familiar with the principles of wave propagation in dieletric materials and with the laws of classical Electromagnetism.

Final Examination: 
Orale

Preparation of laboratory reports and oral exam.

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

Comprehension of the natural phenomena related to Optics. Acquisition of the knowledge of geometrical optics, and aberrations, light propagation in dielectric media, polarization, interference, diffraction and Fourier Optics.

•Atmospherical optical phenomena
•Review of wave propagation and electromagnetic theory (chap.1-3)
•Light propagation (chap.4)
•Geometrical Optics (chap.5)
•Wave superposition (chap.7)
•Polarization (chap.8)
•Interference (chap.9)
•Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction (Chap.10)
•Fourier Optics (Chap.11)

The chapters indicated refer to the book “Optics” by Hecht.

Book “OPTICS” by Eugene Hecht, 4th Edition (International edition).

Lectures at the blackboard with additional experiments in the laboratory for the observation of the natural optical phenomena

For further information please contact the professor at paolo.ditrapani@uninsubria.it and paolo.ditrapani@coelux.com

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