Optical System Engineering
Academic Study Board of the Faculty of Engineering
Teaching language: English
EKA: T470013102
Censorship: Second examiner: None
Grading: Pass/Fail
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Spring
Level: Master
Course ID: T470013101
ECTS value: 5
Date of Approval: 22-09-2022
Duration: 1 semester
Version: Approved - active
Course ID
Course Title
ECTS value
5
Internal Course Code
Responsible study board
Administrative Unit
Date of Approval
Course Responsible
| Name | Department | |
|---|---|---|
| Jakob Kjelstrup-Hansen | jkh@mci.sdu.dk | SDU NanoSyd |
| Pia Friis Kristensen | piakr@tek.sdu.dk | TEK Uddannelseskoordinering og -support |
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Mandatory prerequisites
Learning objectives - Knowledge
The student will acquire knowledge on:
- physical principles involved in applied optical systems and optical hardware
- geometrical optics methods as well as graphical and ray-tracing methods to analyze optical systems
- some fundamentals of system engineering
Learning objectives - Skills
The student will be able to:
- design, set up, and operate basic optical systems and establish the imaging characteristics of multi-component systems
- identify fundamental limits and aberrations in an optical system
- apply ordinary design and simulation methods to optimize limiting factors and minimize the aberrations
- model optical systems using computer-aided methods (e.g. ray tracing simulations)
- perform design for manufacture, alignment, and testing
Learning objectives - Competences
The student will be able to:
- assess whether a given optical issue can be solved using ray optics, wave optics or an electromagnetic description
- develop a complete composite optical system design specification
- use an analysis and simulation tool for system evaluation and apply the tool to assess the suitability of an optical system for a specific task
- describe multiple key aspects of optical engineering in the process of successfully transitioning from concept to production
Content
This course will focus on practical engineering skills for developing optical systems with the primary objectives to learn about critical optics and system concepts and skills to specify, design, build, simulate, and evaluate optical components and systems. The course will include:
- Fundamentals of systems engineering
- Aberrations and image quality
- Optical components
- Radiometry
- Optical sources
- Optical detectors
- Optomechanical design
- Optical system design and verification
- Optical system performance characteristics and quantification of optical system performance
- Introduction to the use of optical design software (e.g. ray tracing software)
URL for Skemaplan
Teaching Method
Lectures as well as design and laboratory work. Students working in groups on engineering projects and case studies providing the opportunity to learn systems engineering skills first-hand.
Number of lessons
48 hours per semester
Teaching language
Examination regulations
Exam regulations
Name
Exam regulations
Examination is held
Examination is held in the end of the semester
Tests
Exam
EKA
T470013102
Name
Exam
Description
Documents and reports submitted during the semester.
Form of examination
Portfolio
Censorship
Second examiner: None
Grading
Pass/Fail
Identification
Student Identification Card - Date of birth
Language
English
ECTS value
5
Additional exam information
The form of examination in the re-examination is the same as in the ordinary examination.
Courses offered
| Offer period | Offer type | Profile | Education | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | Mandatory | MSc in Physics and Technology, 2022 | Master of Science in Engineering (Physics and Technology) | Odense | 2 |
| Spring 2024 | Mandatory | MSc in Physics and Technology, 2023 | Master of Science in Engineering (Physics and Technology) | Odense | 2 |
| Spring 2023 | Mandatory | MSc in Physics and Technology, 2022 | Master of Science in Engineering (Physics and Technology) | Odense | 2 | Spring 2023 | Exchange students | Spring 2024 | Exchange students |