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26E064OS - Optical Sensors

Course specification
Course title Optical Sensors
Acronym 26E064OS
Study programme Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module Physical Electronics - Biomedical and Nuclear Engineering, Physical Electronics - Nanoelectronics and Photonics
Type of study bachelor academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB 6.0 Status elective
Condition No prerequisite
The goal Introducing the students to the special types of optical fibers and other optical components. Operating principles, measurement techniques, classification, and calibration of optical sensors. Gathering experience in practical work with different optical sensors. Building expertise in solving problems necessitating optical sensors through the realization of projects.
The outcome The student understands the operating principles of optical components, knows their classification, and has experience with the optical measurement techniques. Student is capable of assessing when it is optimal to use optical sensors within the measurement system, and which sensor fits the application. The student can construct an optical sensor prototype and fully characterize it.
Contents
Contents of lectures Principles of operation, place, and significance of optical sensors. Optical components. Optical fibers, properties and technology. Measurement techniques. Intensity modulation. Interferometry and polarimetry for optical sensing. Holography and holographic interferometry. Gas spectroscopy. Fiber-optic gyroscope. Fiber Bragg gratings. Laser Doppler velocimetry.
Contents of exercises Laboratory exercises enabling students to work with the components of optical sensors. The realization of different interferometric measurement configurations. Measurement and control of polarization. The demonstration of operation of a fiber-optic current and magnetic field sensor based on the Faraday effect. Hologram recording and reconstruction. Intensity and phase holographic measurements.
Literature
  1. Jose Miguel Lopez-Higuera: Handbook of optical fiber sensing technology, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2002, England (Original title)
  2. J. Dakin, B. Culshaw, Optical Fiber Sensors:Principles and components, Artech House, London, 1988 (Original title)
  3. Shizhuo Yin: Fiber Optic Sensors, CRC Press, Boca Ration, 2008, USA (Original title)
  4. B.E.A.Saleh, M.C.Teich: Fundamentals of Photonics, John Wiley & Sons, 2007, New Jersey (Original title)
  5. T. Kreis: Handbook of Holographic Interferometry: Optical and Digital Methods, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
3 1 1
Methods of teaching 45 hours of lectures and 15 hours of laboratory exercises + two homework assignments.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
Activites during lectures 0 Test paper 30
Practical lessons 30 Oral examination 0
Projects 40
Colloquia 0
Seminars 0