Unit ELECTROMAGNETISM AND WAVE OPTICS WITH LABORATORY

Course
Optics and optometry
Study-unit Code
A002476
Location
TERNI
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Giovanni Carlotti
CFU
12
Course Regulation
Coorte 2021
Offered
2022/23
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa integrata

ELECTROMAGNETISM

Code A002486
Location TERNI
CFU 6
Teacher Daniele Fioretto
Teachers
  • Daniele Fioretto
Hours
  • 42 ore - Daniele Fioretto
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Teorico e dei fondamenti della fisica
Academic discipline FIS/02
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents Electromagnetism: electric and magnetic fields in stationary and non-stationary conditions. Electric circuits. Electromagnetic waves.
Reference texts Notes provided by the teacher.
P. Mazzoldi, M. Nigro, C. Voci, Elementi di fisica. Elettromagnetismo e Onde EdiSES
Educational objectives To provide students with the basic knowledge to understand electromagnetic phenomena and those phenomena related to physical optics. The aim is to enable students to carry out laboratory experiments with light, having a clear theoretical basis and implementing a correct experimental methodology, also considering the analysis of data and the treatment of errors in an appropriate way.
The main skills that the course aims to transmit are:
- know how to use the fundamental physical laws of electromagnetism to understand the nature of light and its potential applications in optical technologies-
Prerequisites None
Teaching methods The course is articulated in
1) Theoretical lessons
2) Exercises and demonstrative experiments
Learning verification modality Written test that requires the solution of open and / or closed-response questions, to be completed in 2 hours. The purpose of the test is to ascertain: i) the ability to understand the theoretical contents of the course (Dublin descriptor 1), ii) the ability to expose and correctly apply theoretical knowledge (Dublin descriptor 2), iii) Ability to autonomously formulate appropriate judgments and observations on possible alternative model (Dublin descriptor 3), iv) the ability in effective and pertinent written communication (Dublin 4 descriptor).
Extended program 1. Electrostatic force. Electrostatic field
2. Electrical work. Electrostatic potential
3. Gauss's law
4. Conductors. Dielectrics. Electrostatic energy
5. Electricity
6. Magnetic field. Magnetic force
7. Sources of the magnetic field. Ampere's law. Magnetic properties of matter
8. Time-varying electric and magnetic fields
9. Electric oscillations. Alternating currents
10. Electromagnetic waves
11. Reflection and refraction of light
12. Geometric optics
13. Interference
14. Diffraction

LABORATORY OF WAVE OPTICS

Code A002487
Location TERNI
CFU 6
Teacher Giovanni Carlotti
Teachers
  • Giovanni Carlotti
Hours
  • 72 ore - Giovanni Carlotti
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Microfisico e della struttura della materia
Academic discipline FIS/03
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents Polarization, dispersion, interference and diffraction of light: wave optics experiments and guide to the use of optical sources (filament and discharge lamps, LEDs, lasers), optical detectors (photomultipliers, photodiodes and photoconductors), prisms, polarizers, foils delay, gratings, Michelson interferometer.
Reference texts The chapters devoted to Optics of any textbook of Physics 2 (Electromagnetism and Optics) for scientific university courses.
Educational objectives To carry out laboratory experiments with light, having clear the theoretical bases and implementing a correct experimental methodology, also considering the analysis of data and the treatment of errors in an appropriate way.
The main skills that the course aims to transmit are therefore:
- knowing how to concretely carry out experiments in physical optics, knowing how to analyze the results and understand their possible applications in the field of optical technologies.
Prerequisites Fundamentals of electromagnetism.
Teaching methods The course will consist of short theoretical lessons aimed at introducing the experiments that will be carried on performing both virtual (computer-aided) experiments and traditional experiments about wave optics (polarimetry, dispersion, diffraction, interference, etc)
Learning verification modality Oral and laboratory test.
Extended program Polarization, dispersion, interference and diffraction of light: wave optics experiments and guide to the use of optical sources (filament and discharge lamps, LEDs, lasers), optical detectors (photomultipliers, photodiodes and photoconductors), prisms, polarizers, foils delay, gratings, Michelson interferometer.
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