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QS1
Course: Coherence and Statistical Optics
Department/Abbreviation: OPT/QS1
Year: 2021
Guarantee: 'prof. Mgr. Jaromír Fiurášek, Ph.D.'
Annotation: Introductory course in classical theory of coherence and statistical optics. Students will become familiar with mathematical description and properties of partially coherent optical fields.
Course review:
1. Light wave motion as a stochastic process
2. Temporal coherence
3. Wiener-Chinchin theorem
4. Fourier spectroscopy
5. Spatial coherence
6. Van Cittert-Zernike theorem
7. Imaging with partially coherent light
8. Higher-order coherence
9. Mandel photodetection equation
10. Partially polarized light