26E064OS - Optical Sensors
Course specification | ||||
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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. | |||
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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 |