Optional: Wave optics

(OPT)

• Coefficient : 1^
• Hourly Volume: 31.5h (including 19.5h supervised)
  CTD : 19.5h supervised (and 3h unsupervised)
  Out-of-schedule personal work : 9h

AATs Lists

Description

Interferential devices and their applications Diffraction of electromagnetic waves and its implications and applications

Learning Outcomes AAv (AAv)

• AAv1 [heures: 12, B2, B3, C1]: By the end of the course, students will be able to characterize and analyze interferential geometries and devices (optical beat photodetection, Young’s interferometer, Mach-Zehnder and Fabry-Pérot interferometers, anti-reflective coating, etc.) and their applications, and to explain and interpret phenomena related to interference (Newton’s rings, iridescence, etc.).

• AAv2 [heures: 6, B2, B3, C1]: By the end of the course, students will be able to state the principles of diffraction, analyze the distribution of light intensity due to diffraction through various apertures (rectangular slit, circular slit, diffraction gratings), as well as describe phenomena related to diffraction (Airy disk, diffraction-limited resolution, etc.), and their consequences and practical applications.

Assessment methods

One long continuous assessment (coefficient 1) and the average of several short continuous assessments (coefficient 1).

Key Words

Maxwell's equations, constitutive relations, equation of propagation, energy of an ' wave, interference, diffraction, polarisation.

Prerequisites

ELM course in S5O, basic engineering mathematics (integration and derivation in particular).

Resources

Handouts J.-P. Perez, R. Carles, R. Fleckinger, ”Electromagnétisme : Fondements et applications”, ´ Dunod J.D. Jackson, ”Electrodynamique classique”, Dunod