Introduction to Optics and Photonics

Geometrical optics: Postulates of ray optics; Snell’s law; refraction and reflection at surfaces; planar and curved surfaces; Gauss’ thin lens law; Matrix optics.

Lenses and the imaging condition - basic optical instruments: Magnifying glass; Microscope; Telescope; Camera; Human Eye.

Wave optics: Wave equation; Monochromatic waves; Interference.

Beam optics: Gaussian beams; Transmission through optical components; Hermite-Laguerre beams.

Diffraction and Fourier optics: From Fresnel to Fraunhofer diffraction; Optical Fourier transform; Image criterium; Resolution of optical imaging systems.

Electro-magnetic optics: Electromagnetic theory of light; Absorption, Dispersion and Scattering of EM-waves; Waves in dielectric and dispersive media; Pulse propagation.

Polarization of light: Polarization effects upon Reflection and Refraction, Optics of anisotropic media, Optical activity and magneto-optics.

Guided-wave optics: Planar dielectric waveguide; Two-dimensional waveguides; Optical coupling in waveguides.

Emerging nano-photonics: Optics in layered media; Photonic crystals; Metamaterial optics; Metal optics - Plasmonics.

Knowledge: The candidate - has basic knowledge of optics and photonics - knows key concepts and formalisms used in the fields of optics and photonics - has basic knowledge of design and analysis of optical components and systems - has basic knowledge of selected applications of optics and photonics - has basic knowledge of practical optical and photonic components and systems Skills: The candidate can - combine knowledge and skills in mathematics and physics with new theory to analyze and design practical optical components and systems General competence: The candidate can - read and interpret technical literature in optics and photonics

Lectures, exercises, compulsory lab-work and assignments. Expected workload is 225 hours.