6 ECTS credits
180 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 9017649ENR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.
Chapter 0 : An introduction to photonics, applications, economy and society
Chapter 1 : A brief history
Chapter 2 : Interaction of Light with Matter
- The Emission of Light from Atoms: a microscopic approach
Techn. Ex. 1: Optical spectroscopy
Techn. Ex. 2: Gas Discharge Lamps
- Rayleigh Scattering Techn. Ex. 3: Loss mechanisms in optical fibers
- Scattering and Interference
- Forward propagation
o The transmission of light through dense media
o Transmission and the index of refraction
- Light in bulk matter
- Dispersion Techn. Ex. 4: Dispersion of optical glasses and materials
- Dispersion equations Techn. Ex. 5: Dispersion issues in optical fibers
- Polarisation and susceptibility
- Higher order susceptibilities and nonlinear optics
Techn. Ex. 6: Harmonic generation and self-focusing
- Light in metals Techn. Ex. 7: Metallic coatings
Chapter 3 : The Propagation of Light
- Reflection
o Internal and external reflection
o The law of reflection
o Rays Techn. Ex. 8: Corner cube reflectors
- Refraction
o The law of refraction
o Huyghens’ principle
o Normal congruence and the theorem of Malus and Dupin
Techn. Ex. 9: Wavefront corrections and adaptive optics
- Total internal reflection
- Evanescent waves
- Frustrated total internal reflection
Techn. Ex. 10: Beam splitters and FTIR
- Fermat’s principle
Chapter 4 : Geometrical optics
- Lenses
o Aspherical optics
o Refraction at spherical surfaces
o Analytical ray tracing
Techn. Ex. 11: Lenses and lens fabrication
Chapter 5 : Lasers
- Einsteins’s theory of light-matter interaction
o Stimulated absorption
o Stimulated emission
o Spontaneous emission
- Essential elements of a laser
- Characteristics of laser light
- Lasertypes and parameters
Techn. Ex. 12: Lasers
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1.aims and objectives :
This course aims at introducing the basic concepts of optics and photonics. The main goal is to provide the knowledge needed to follow the main courses of the master in photonics; namely micro-photonics, optical communication systems, design of refractive and diffractive optical systems, and lasers.
2.exam requirements :
The students must be able to demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the basic concepts of optics and photonics, that underpins photonic applications and systems, such as scattering, reflection and refraction, absorption, light generation in lasers, etc.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
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This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)