Wave Optics

Code	8394
Year	3
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	PL(30H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area	Biomedical Sciences
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face
Work placements	Work placements not applicable to this Course Unit
Learning outcomes	The goal of this course unit is to interpret the visible light as an electromagnetic wave. It also establishes the physical principles that concern the phenomena of interference, diffraction and polarization of the light. By the end of this course unit the student should be able to describe, analyse, and interpret the optical phenomena of interference, diffraction, and polarization of the light. The student should also be able to solve problems and exercises. This course unit intents also to give to the student the ability to prepare and to carry out laboratorial experiments and to work in team in order to apply the acquired knowledge and competences to practice.
Syllabus	1 WAVE MOVEMENT AND SUPERPOSITION 1.1 – Mechanical and electromagnetic oscillations 1.2 – Wave equation 1.3 - Power and intensity 2 INTERFERENCE THEORY 2.1 – Young Experiment 2.2 – Thin films 2.3 – Interferometers 3 DIFFRACTION THEORY 3.1 – Diffraction by a single and double slit 3.2 – Diffraction by a circular aperture 3.3 – Rayleigh criteria 4 POLARIZATION 4.1 – Linear polarization, the Malus Law 4.2 – Polarization by reflection, the Brewster Law 4.3 - Double refraction 4.4 – Circular polarization
Main Bibliography	1. ÓPTICA ONDULATÓRIA, P.T. Fiadeiro e M.J.T. Pereira, UBI 2010 2. ÓPTICA, Eugene Hecht, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1991 3. MODERN OPTICS, Robert Guenther, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1990 4. FUNDAMENTAL OF OPTICS, Francis Jenkins, and Harvey White, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1981 5. SÉRIE DE PROBLEMAS C/ SOLUÇÕES, P.T. Fiadeiro, UBI 2012 6. GUIA DOS TRABALHOS PRÁTICOS DE LABORATÓRIO, P.T. Fiadeiro, UBI 2012
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.