Winter term 2012/13

Experimental Optics and Photonics: In order to obtain credit points it is required that you register for the practice group! (Registration)

The exercises take place on Wednesday from 8:15 to 9:00 (am) at the Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics in room 03.401.

'Klausureinsicht': February 25th (9-11 am), Kirchhoff-Institute Room 02.302

Slides

• 15.10.2012 (0.5 MB)
• 22.10.2012 (0.5 MB)
• 29.10.2012 (1.0 MB)
• 05.11.2012 (0.5 MB)
• 12.11.2012 (0.8 MB)
• 19.11.2012 (0.5 MB)
• 26.11.2012 (0.3 MB)
• 03.12.2012 (0.3 MB)
• 10.12.2012 (0.5 MB)
• 17.12.2012 (2.5 MB)
• 07.01.2012 (0.7 MB)
• 14.01.2012 (1.2 MB)
• 21.01.2012 (1.4 MB)
• 28.01.2012 (0.7 MB)

Exam

The 'Klausur' will take place on Februrary 4th 2013, 9:15-10:45 in INF227 (KIP), HS2. You can use a pocket calculator (without internet connectivity!) and one single DIN A4 page with your personal notes (double-sided).

Exercises

• Exercises #01 (Due Date: 22.10.2012)
• Exercises #02 (Due Date: 29.10.2012)
• Exercises #03 (Due Date: 05.11.2012)
• Exercises #04 (Due Date: 12.11.2012)
• Exercises #05 (Due Date: 19.11.2012)
• Exercises #06 (Due Date: 26.11.2012)
• Exercises #07 (Due Date: 03.12.2012)
• Exercises #08 (Due Date: 10.12.2012)
• Exercises #09 (Due Date: 17.12.2012)
• Exercises #10 (Due Date: 07.01.2013)
• Exercises #11 (Due Date: 14.01.2013)
• Exercises #12 (updated version) (Due Date: 21.01.2013)

Contents

I. Light as an electromagnetic wave

• Maxwell equations and EM waves
• Superposition of EM waves
• EM waves in a linear, homogenous, isotropic, non-magnetic medium
• EM waves at interfaces

II. Beam optics

• Refraction at curved surfaces
• Lenses
• Calculation methods
• From wave optics to beam optics: paraxial beams

III. Fourier optics

• Huygen’s principle and diffraction theory
• Fresnel diffraction
• Fraunhofer diffraction
• Application examples
• Transfer functions

IV. Optical systems and components

• Laser
• Microscopy
• Light guides
• Optical Modulators

V. On the quantum nature of light

• Photon properties
• Photon statistics
• Quantum states of light
• Photon-atom interaction