Waves and Optics, 5 credits
Academic year 2022/2023
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Autumn 2022, 33%, Campus
Start date: 31 October 2022
End date: 15 January 2023
Application deadline: 19 April 2022
Application code: UU-13069 Application
Language of instruction: Swedish
Location: Uppsala
Selection: All qualified applicants will be admitted.
Registration: 17 October 2022 – 30 October 2022
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Spring 2023, 33%, Campus
Start date: 16 January 2023
End date: 19 March 2023
Application deadline: 17 October 2022
Application code: UU-63069 Application
Language of instruction: Swedish
Location: Uppsala
Selection: All qualified applicants will be admitted.
Registration: 15 December 2022 – 15 January 2023
Entry requirements: Mechanics II/Electrical Power Transmission Systems/Mechanics KF/Applied Mechanics I and Basics of Electrical Engineering III: Field Theory/Electromagnetism I/Electromagnetism. Electromagnetism can be studied simultaneously.
Fees:
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application or tuition fees. Formal exchange students will be exempted from tuition fees, as well as the application fee. Read more about fees.
Application fee: SEK 900
Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 10,833
Tuition fee, total: SEK 10,833
About the course
Basic concepts within wave physics, mechanical/acoustical waves, electromagnetic waves and optics.
Electromagnetic waves and optics: reflection, refraction, dispersion, phase and group velocity, Geometrical optics, optical instruments. Polarisation, optical activity, birefringence. Interference. Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction. Holography. Examples of radiation sources. Overview of manufacturing of optical components using modern technology.
Laboratory exercises in ray optics, wave optics, interference, polarisation. Project assignment and mandatory hand-in exercises in optics.