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PHY2208 Optics2007-2008Code: PHY2208Title: Optics Instructors: Dr T.J. Harries CATS credits: 10 ECTS credits: 5 Availability: unrestricted Level: 2 Pre-requisites: N/A Co-requisites: N/A Background Assumed: PHY1001, Fundamental Electromagnetism I (PHY1104), Waves and Oscillators (PHY1106) and Mathematics for Physicists (PHY1116) Duration: Semester II Directed Study Time: 22 lectures Private Study Time: 66 hours Assessment Tasks Time: 12 hours Observation report: 2001/02 SJM AimsOptics has become a vital technology in the world around us. Its historic obsession with "pins, mirrors and thin-lenses" has been shattered by the invention of the laser. The relatively new discipline of "photonics" is set to rise, in the twenty-first century, to rival electronics in its range of industrial and scientific applications. The modern advances rest however on basic principles which together form the various "approximate theories" used to describe light and its propagation :- geometrical optics, scalar and vector wave theory and quantum optics. By gaining an understanding of these basic ideas, the student will acquire the background necessary to study modern photonic devices and applications in various optional course such as optoelectronics, communication physics and device physics. Intended Learning OutcomesAfter completing this module, the student should be able to: Module Specific Skills
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Learning and Teaching MethodsLectures, tutorials and problems classes. on-line teaching resources AssignmentsThree problem sheets to be completed as homework. AssessmentOne 30-minute test (20%), Problems Classes (10%) and one 90-minute examination (70%) Syllabus Plan and Content
Core Text, Introduction to Optics, Prentice-Hall (UL: 535 PED)Supplementary Text(s)(1963), Lectures on Physics, Vol. I, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-02116-1 (UL: 530 FEY/X)(1987), Optics (2nd edition), Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201116111 (UL: 535 HEC) (2005), The Physics of Vibrations and Waves (6th edition), Wiley, ISBN 0-470-01296-X (UL: 531.32 PAI) (2000), University Physics (with Modern Physics) (10th edition), Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-60336-5 (UL: 530 YOU) Formative MechanismsThis module is supported by problems classes and tutorials. Students are able to monitor their own progress by attempting problems sheets provided in the lectures. The graded mid-semester test scripts are discussed by tutors. Students with specific problems should first approach their tutor, and if the problem persists, the lecturer. Evaluation MechanismsThe module will be evaluated using information gathered via the student representation mechanisms, the staff peer appraisal scheme, and measures of student attainment based on summative assessment. |