ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Applied Physics
Areas: Optics
Center Faculty of Physics
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
In the subject Optics and Instrumentation Design students will acquire the necessary knowledge in the field of design optimized optical components as well as in the design of optical instruments. These knowledgements will enable to confront in the design of new optical techniques of image formation, detection or measurement of optical properties. Among the specific objectives emphasize that the student:
-will acquire the basic knowledge required for the design of optical components
- will acquire the basic principles of the design of advanced optical instruments.
- Will learn to simulate the response of imaging optical systems.
LEARNING RESULTS
Acquire the basic knowledge necessary for the design of optical components.
Acquire the basic principles of the design of advanced optical instruments.
learn to simulate the response of optical image-forming systems
Theory of aberrations: Wave aberrations, ray aberrations. Compensation of aberrations
Design of optical components: Composition of multiple surfaces. Merit functions. Optimization
Advanced instrumentation: Optical coherence tomography. Confocal microscopy. Optical tweezers.
Image simulation of optical systems
Introduction to Aberrations in Optical Imaging Systems, J. Sasian. Cambridge, 2012
Lens Design Fundamentals, R.Kingslake, R. Johnson , SPIE Press, 1978
An Introduction to Biomedical Optics, R. Splinter, A. Hooper, Taylor and Francis, 2007
In this subject the student will acquire and practice a series of basic skills, desirable in any basic degree, and specific skills in the field of optical design and instrumentation. Among the specific competences, highlight:
Basic and external competences:
Acquire the ability to write texts, articles or scientific reports according to publication standards.
Become familiar with the different modalities used for the dissemination of results and knowledge in scientific meetings.
Apply knowledge to solve complex problems.
Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and / or application of ideas, often in a research context.
That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.
That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of formulating judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
That the students know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that sustain them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way.
That students have the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
Transversal competences:
Ability to interpret texts, documentation, reports and academic articles in English, scientific language par excellence.
Develop the ability to make responsible decisions in complex and / or responsible situations.
SPECIFIC COMPETENCES
CE10 - Understand and assimilate fundamental and applied aspects of the physics of light and radiation.
CE11 - Acquire knowledge and mastery of strategies and systems for the transmission of light and radiation.
The subject will taught in the class hours, using all the audiovisual means that are available and that make the matter enjoyable and formative for the student. The student will be given all the base material necessary for the study of the subject. The student will have tutoring hours when needed
Attendance is compulsory in 100% of the classroom activities of the course and will contribute to 60% of the grade. The remaining 40% will be achieved by exposing or preparing works and / or solving problems.
However, according to current regulations, all students will have the right to take a final exam.
individual or group study 30 h
Preparation of works, oral presentations, problems or similar 14 h
Total study and personal work of the student 44 h
Review in depth the geometrical optics.
Review the physical optical.
The fraudulent performance of any exercise or test required in the evaluation of a subject will imply the qualification of failure in the corresponding call, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be followed against the offending student. It is considered fraudulent, among others, the performance of plagiarized work or work obtained from sources accessible to the public without reworking or reinterpretation and without citation of the authors and sources.
Eva Maria Acosta Plaza
- Department
- Applied Physics
- Area
- Optics
- Phone
- 881813511
- eva.acosta [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
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