1FAF30 Optics

This course is part of the programme
Physics and astrophysics first cycle

Objectives and competences

Overview about geometrical optics and nonlinear optics.
Overview about coherence and diffraction.
Introduction to real-life problems in laboratories dealing with optics.

Prerequisites

Physics 1, Analysis 1, Electrodynamics

Content

Geometrical optics / Interference and diffraction / Fourier optics / Polarization / Statistical optics / Lasers / Nonlinear optics.

Intended learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students will be able to address elementary problems of linear and nonlinear optics.

Readings

• B. E. A. Saleh, M. C. Teich: Fundamentals of photonics (Ed. Wiley) Catalogue E-version
• Lecture notes

Assessment

written tests, written exam
oral exam

Lecturer's references

Prof. dr. Giovanni De Ninno je redni profesor za področje fizike na Univerzi v Novi Gorici. Professor Giovanni De Ninno is a full professor of physics at the University of Nova Gorica.

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ALLARIA, Enrico, DE NINNO, Giovanni, GAUTHIER, David, SPAMPINATI, Simone, et al. Two-stage seeded soft-X-ray free-electron laser. Nature photonics, ISSN 1749-4885, 2013, vol. 7, no. 11, str. 913-918, doi: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.277. [COBISS.SI-ID 2928379]
DE NINNO, Giovanni, MAHIEU, Benoît, ALLARIA, E., GIANNESSI, L., SPAMPINATI,
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ALLARIA, E., DE NINNO, Giovanni, et al. Highly coherent and stable pulses from the FERMI seeded free-electron laser in the extreme ultraviolet. Nature photonics, ISSN 1749- 4885, 2012, vol. 6, no. 10, str. 699-704, doi: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.233. [COBISS.SI-ID
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DE NINNO, Giovanni, FANELLI, Duccio, Out-of-equilibrium statistical ensemble inequivalence. Europhysics letters, ISSN 0295-5075, 2012, vol. 97, no. 2, str. 20002-p1-20002- p5, doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/97/20002. [COBISS.SI-ID 2883323]