Optics and Photonics

Code:

FIS3019

Acronym:

FIS3019

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Physics

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Physics and Astronomy
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Engineering Physics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:B	4	Official Study Plan	3	-	6	48	162
L:CC	0	study plan from 2021/22	2	-	6	48	162
			3
L:EF	81	study plan from 2021/22	3	-	6	48	162
L:F	43	Official Study Plan	3	-	6	48	162
L:G	0	study plan from 2017/18	2	-	6	48	162
			3
L:M	0	Official Study Plan	2	-	6	48	162
			3
L:Q	4	study plan from 2016/17	3	-	6	48	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To obtain an articulated vision of Classic Optics and Photonics, and their relations with Modern Optics, allowing the student to have the fundamental knowledge, and the respective literacy, to handle the interchange between knowledge and applications.

Understand the methods of Geometrical Optics and its limitations, and apply those methods in the analysis of optical systems. 

Master the fundamental aspects of Physical Optics (polarization, interference and diffraction of optical waves) and understand a diversified range of applications in instrumentation and optical measurement techniques and signal processing. 

Obtain a generic view of certain topics of Modern Optics.

Learning outcomes and competences

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Prerequisites : Electromagnetism, Wave physics, Trigonometry, Integral and Differential Calculus, Linear Algebra.

Program

Introduction 


Geometric Optics





Radiometry and Photometry



Ótica Física



Ótica Moderna

Mandatory literature

Hecht Eugene; Óptica. ISBN: 972-31-0967-0
F.L. Pedrotti, L.S. Pedrotti; "Introduction to Optics", Prentice-Hall, 1996

Complementary Bibliography

Goodman Joseph W.; Introduction to Fourier optics. ISBN: 0-07-114257-6
Klein Miles V.; Optics. ISBN: 0-471-84311-3
Guenther Robert D.; Modern optics. ISBN: 0-471-51288-5
Born Max, 1882-1970; Principles of optics. ISBN: 0-08-018018-3

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes and practical classes for discussion and solution of problems.

Weekly exercise sheets (to be submitted for revision weekly) include problems focused on helping the student consolidate their understanding of the concepts presented in the classes, allowing for constant monitoring by the students throughout the course of their individual progress and enabling the teacher to identify comprehension issues and act immediately in the following class.

The final exam allows the confirmation that the global objectives have been reached.

keywords

Physical sciences > Physics > Optics

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	80,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	113,00
Frequência das aulas	49,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Calculation formula of final grade

CF = 20%TP + 80%E

CF: Final grade
E: Final exam grade
TP: Practical assignment grade

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Special cases (students workers, and others) are not exempt from submitting the weekly problem sheets. 

Classification improvement

According to the “Regulamento de Avaliação do Aproveitamento dos Estudantes da FCUP”.

Exam: The student can only improve the exam grade.

Observations

Juri Members
Bruno Soares
Manuel J. Marques