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Lesson Information

Course Credit
Course ECTS Credit
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Associate's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 5, EQF-LLL: Level 5, QF-EHEA: Short Cycle
Type of Course
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?
Course Coordinator Assist. Prof. Dr. AYŞE KARADENİZ YILDIRIM
Instructor (s)
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course Understanding the physical properties of light and its interaction with matter, explaining optical systems and the devices used through optical phenomena
Course Content The nature of light, the wave model of light (wavelength, frequency, electromagnetic spectrum), the particle model of light (photon energy), the laws of reflection and refraction, prisms and dispersion in prisms, total internal reflection, laws of reflection in flat and spherical mirrors, refraction in spherical refracting surfaces, thin lens equation, thin lens systems, thick lenses.

Weekly Course Subjects

1The nature of light, the propagation of light in a medium, the measurement of the speed of light, the photon property of light (photon, photon energy, Planck's constant)
2Wave theory, electromagnetic waves, oscillating electric and magnetic fields (amplitude, wavelength, frequency, electromagnetic wave spectrum, visible light), energy carried by electromagnetic waves,
3Wave-particle duality, the particle model of light (photoelectric effect, Compton effect...), the wave nature of light (interference, diffraction...), Maxwell's equations
4The spectrum of electromagnetic waves, radio waves, microwaves, infrared waves, ultraviolet waves, X-rays, gamma rays
5Ray approach in geometric optics, reflection, refraction, laws of reflection and refraction, refractive index and wave nature of light, total internal reflection, applications of total internal reflection
6The separation of white light into colors and prisms, colorless prisms and lenses, magnifying glasses, photometers, lens-mirror combinations, Huygens' principle, Shadow,
7midterm exam
8Interference, coherence, polarization, constructive and destructive interference, diffraction, scattering, reflection, transmission and absorption of light rays, properties of illumination light, laser sources, laser output,
9Refraction and reflection on a plane surface, images formed by plane mirrors, special cases involving plane mirrors,
10Convex mirrors, concave mirrors (inwardly curved),
11Convex mirrors,
12Reflection on a spherical surface, images formed by spherical mirrors, image of a point object, spherical mirror, focal point, and focal length
13Optical elements and Optical devices
14Graphical method for mirrors, images formed by refraction, plane refracting surfaces, refracting optical elements, reflecting optical elements

Resources

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