Fundamentals of Modern Optics and Photonics - NAFY027
Title: Základy moderní optiky a fotoniky
Guaranteed by: Department of Chemical Physics and Optics (32-KCHFO)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2022
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 6
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech, English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: doc. RNDr. Martin Kozák, Ph.D.
prof. RNDr. Petr Němec, Ph.D.
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Annotation -
Last update: RNDr. Vojtěch Kapsa, CSc. (11.05.2018)
This course broadens the knowledge gained in the basic course of optics. The covered topics include fundamentals of laser physics, nonlinear optics, statistical and coherent properties of light fields, Fourier optics, holography, and fundamentals of optical communications.
Course completion requirements -
Last update: prof. RNDr. Petr Němec, Ph.D. (11.05.2023)

In order to be awarded credit, a credit test must be successfully written at the end of the semester. There is one regular and two reparative attempts to pass this test.

The credit must be obtained before registering for the exam.

Literature -
Last update: RNDr. Vojtěch Kapsa, CSc. (11.05.2018)

1. B. E. A. Saleh, M.C, Teich: Fundamentals of Photonics, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1991.

2. Handbook of Optics, M. Bass (editor), McGraw-Hill, Inc., 2nd edition, New York, 1995.

3. E. Hecht: Optics, Addison Wesley, 4th edition, San Francisco, 2002.

4. M. Born, E. Wolf: Principles of Optics, Cambridge University Press, 7th extended edition,

Cambridge, 2003.

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: prof. RNDr. Petr Němec, Ph.D. (11.05.2023)

The exam is oral, the requirements correspond to the course syllabus

Syllabus -
Last update: RNDr. Vojtěch Kapsa, CSc. (11.05.2018)

1. Fundamentals of laser physics

2. Nonlinear optics

3. Statistical and coherent properties of light fields

4. Fourier optics

5. Holography

6. Fundamentals of optical communications