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B015507 - GEOMETRICAL OPTICS
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Academic Year 2020-21
Course year
First year - Annualità singola
Belonging Department
Physics and Astronomy
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
FIS/01 - EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS
Credits
12
Teaching Hours
96
Teaching Term
14/09/2020 ⇒ 11/06/2021
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Light. Optical rays and their properties. Image formation.
Paraxial ray tracing. Paraxial properties of simple optical systems. The prism, the angle of minimum deviation. Ophthalmic lenses.
Paraxial ray tracing. Paraxial properties of simple optical systems. The prism, the angle of minimum deviation. Ophthalmic lenses.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
- Material supplied by professors
-Warren J. Smith, "Modern Optical Engineering", McGraw-Hill (2008)
-Warren J. Smith, "Practical Optical System Layout", McGraw-Hill (1997)
-L. Ronchi Abbozzo, D. Mugnai "Ottica classica, teoria della visione, ottica ondulatoria, CNR, 2008
- George Smith, David A. Atchison “The eye and visual optical instruments” Cambridge University press, 1997
-E. Hecht, M Coffey, P Dolen “Optics” 4th ed., (Addison Wesley, 2002)
-Warren J. Smith, "Modern Optical Engineering", McGraw-Hill (2008)
-Warren J. Smith, "Practical Optical System Layout", McGraw-Hill (1997)
-L. Ronchi Abbozzo, D. Mugnai "Ottica classica, teoria della visione, ottica ondulatoria, CNR, 2008
- George Smith, David A. Atchison “The eye and visual optical instruments” Cambridge University press, 1997
-E. Hecht, M Coffey, P Dolen “Optics” 4th ed., (Addison Wesley, 2002)
Learning Objectives
Knowledge acquired:
The student acquires knowledge about the nature of light, the image formation and is able to understand the operation of simple optical systems.
Acquired skills:
The student acquires a model (optical rays) to describe light, a technique (paraxial ray tracing) to simulate the light propagation and learns to use these tools to determine the imaging properties of simple optical systems. At the end of the course the student is able to interpret an ophthalmic lens recipe and convert it according to the various standards in use.
The student acquires knowledge about the nature of light, the image formation and is able to understand the operation of simple optical systems.
Acquired skills:
The student acquires a model (optical rays) to describe light, a technique (paraxial ray tracing) to simulate the light propagation and learns to use these tools to determine the imaging properties of simple optical systems. At the end of the course the student is able to interpret an ophthalmic lens recipe and convert it according to the various standards in use.
Prerequisites
Courses required: none
Courses recommended: none
Courses recommended: none
Teaching Methods
CFU: 12
Total number of hours for Lectures: 96
Total number of hours for Lectures: 96
Further information
Office hours by appointment
Website: https://www.ottica.unifi.it/index.php?module=ofform2&mode=2&cmd=93&cod=B031
Website: https://www.ottica.unifi.it/index.php?module=ofform2&mode=2&cmd=93&cod=B031
Type of Assessment
Written and oral examination
Course program
Part I (6 credits, Professor Vincenzo Greco)
Light as propagation of electromagnetic energy. The rays. The absolute refractive index of a transparent, homogeneous and isotropic medium. The dispersion. The law of propagation for rays. The reflection, refraction and scattering of light on a diopter. The thin prism. The Fresnel’s equations for normal incidence. The formation of images. Mathematical expression of a generic dioptre with axial symmetry. Centered optical systems. Paraxial approximation. Characteristics of a general centered paraxial optical system. The spherical dioptre. The plane dioptre . The spherical mirror. The plane mirror. The thick lens in air. The parallel optical flat in air. The thin lens in air. Centered optical systems with two thin lenses in air. Paraxial characteristics of Gullstrand’s schematic eye.
Part II (3 credits, Professor Lorenzo Fini)
The prism and its optical and geometric parameters. Deviation angle of a prism and its analytical expression. Thick and thin prisms (image formation). Optical and geometrical conditions for the propagation of a monochromatic radiation through the prism. Minimum deviation angle of the prism; its use. The prism and the polychromatic radiation. The Risley prism. The application of optical laws to the comprehension of simple fenomena. The magnifying glass, the telescope, the rainbow. Short notes on third order geometric aberrations and chromatic aberration.
Parte III (3 credits , Professor Alessandro Farini)
Lenses with prismatic effect and the concept of prism-diopter. Nominal value and corrective effect of a prism. Cylindrical lenses. Toric lenses. Generic representation of asso-symmetric surfaces. Ocular eye rotations behind lenses.
Light as propagation of electromagnetic energy. The rays. The absolute refractive index of a transparent, homogeneous and isotropic medium. The dispersion. The law of propagation for rays. The reflection, refraction and scattering of light on a diopter. The thin prism. The Fresnel’s equations for normal incidence. The formation of images. Mathematical expression of a generic dioptre with axial symmetry. Centered optical systems. Paraxial approximation. Characteristics of a general centered paraxial optical system. The spherical dioptre. The plane dioptre . The spherical mirror. The plane mirror. The thick lens in air. The parallel optical flat in air. The thin lens in air. Centered optical systems with two thin lenses in air. Paraxial characteristics of Gullstrand’s schematic eye.
Part II (3 credits, Professor Lorenzo Fini)
The prism and its optical and geometric parameters. Deviation angle of a prism and its analytical expression. Thick and thin prisms (image formation). Optical and geometrical conditions for the propagation of a monochromatic radiation through the prism. Minimum deviation angle of the prism; its use. The prism and the polychromatic radiation. The Risley prism. The application of optical laws to the comprehension of simple fenomena. The magnifying glass, the telescope, the rainbow. Short notes on third order geometric aberrations and chromatic aberration.
Parte III (3 credits , Professor Alessandro Farini)
Lenses with prismatic effect and the concept of prism-diopter. Nominal value and corrective effect of a prism. Cylindrical lenses. Toric lenses. Generic representation of asso-symmetric surfaces. Ocular eye rotations behind lenses.