Training Applied optics in Eindhoven

• An introduction to light;
• Electromagnetic waves;
• Geometrical optics and ray tracing;
• Optical aberrations and system design;
• Diffraction;
• Interference;
• Polarisation and Birefringence;
• Optical systems;
• Light-matter interaction;
• Light sources and detectors;
• Tour to a small design and manufacturing company of mechanical and optical components during this Eindhoven edition;
• Optical measurement and testing;
• Illumination for optical inspection;
• Optical lithography (2 lessons).

The lessons include many demonstrations and are intermixed with hands-on sessions, as:

• Determination of refractive index of perspex and water using critical angle and Brewster angle;
• Total internal reflection;
• Gaussian imaging optics;
• Optical aberrations;
• Laser beam diffraction and interference;
• The diffraction grating;
• Polarisation;
• Measuring optical activity of sugar solution;
• The spectrometer;
• Spectroscopy.

The 5 hands-on sessions take 4 hours, the other sessions take 3 hours.
Study load excluding the class sessions: 3 hours a week.