Students will acquire skills of electrostatics, magnetism and electromagnetism, expertise in optical physics and its application to optometric diagnostic. They will have to achieve a good level of autonomy during lab class in testing the main rules of optics, in using experimental methods and in processing experimental data also using statistical and informatics supports.
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2. Magnetism: electrical currents, magnetic phenomena, Ampère's and Biot-Savart's law.
3. Electromagnetism: induction, Faraday-Lens law, displacement current. Maxwell's equations, and electromagnetic waves.
4. Wave optics: polarisation, interference, diffraction.
5. Applications: wavefront sensors, Optical Coherence Tomography, light pulses.
Three laboratory sessions are part of this course, each made of two sessions. The subjects of the sessions are part of the syllabus.
parts 1-4: H.D. Young, R.A. Friedman, Principi di fisica, vol. 2 (Pearson)
part 5: Lecture notes, available at https://app.scienze.uniroma3.it/courses/1/details/2018/didactic_activities/1561
Programme
1. Electrostatics: introduction to electrical phenomena, charge and Coulomb's law, charge distributions and Gauss's law, electric field.2. Magnetism: electrical currents, magnetic phenomena, Ampère's and Biot-Savart's law.
3. Electromagnetism: induction, Faraday-Lens law, displacement current. Maxwell's equations, and electromagnetic waves.
4. Wave optics: polarisation, interference, diffraction.
5. Applications: wavefront sensors, Optical Coherence Tomography, light pulses.
Three laboratory sessions are part of this course, each made of two sessions. The subjects of the sessions are part of the syllabus.
Core Documentation
parts 1-4: J.S. Walker, Fondamenti di fisica (5A ed., Pearson)parts 1-4: H.D. Young, R.A. Friedman, Principi di fisica, vol. 2 (Pearson)
part 5: Lecture notes, available at https://app.scienze.uniroma3.it/courses/1/details/2018/didactic_activities/1561
Reference Bibliography
J.S. Walker, Fondamenti di fisica (5a ed., Pearson) H.D. Young, R.A. Friedman, Principi di fisica, vol. 2 (Pearson) D. Halliday, R. Resnick, Fondamenti di Fisica (7a ed., Casa Editrice Ambrosiana)Type of delivery of the course
The course consists of frontal lectures as well as three practises in the laboratory, each divided in two sessions. Depending on availability, the groups are generally made of three students.Attendance
Attendance of these sessions is compulsory, with one absence allowed, while attendance to frontal lessons is not.Type of evaluation
In evaluating the written test, the panel takes into account: - the correctness of the procedure and of the results of the exercises; - the correctness and the appropriateness of the answers to the questions. In evaluating the oral test, the panel takes into account: - the correctness and the appropriateness of the answers; - the ability of applying concepts of electromagnetism and optics. In evaluating the lab reports, the panel takes into account: - the ability of correctly framing the problem; - the understanding of the proposed experimental approach, as well as the correctness of the procedure; - the correctness of the analysis; - the ability to identify possible issues, based on quantitative data analysis. The exam consists in a mandatory written test, which can also be taken in the form of two partial exams during the semester. If the mark equals at least 24, the panel can grant verbalisation of the exam, with a final mark accounting for the result of the written test, as well as of the lab reports. With a mark between 18 and 23, an oral exam needs to be taken; the panel might allow to the oral exams students whose test has been evaluated as mildly insufficient.