Fundamentals of properties and use of optical systems in typical industrial applications. Students will become familiar with the properties and behavior of optical elements and their application in system design. The simulation of the systems will be performed in SW Zemax OpticStudio.

1. Application of optical systems in industry and technical practice. Display and lighting requirements.
2. Wavelength of light. Basic optical properties of materials (glasses), refractive index, dispersion.
3. Basic principles of optical system designs. Use of thin lenses.
4. Basic principles of optical system designs. Design in areas.
5. Method of ray tracing through the system, sequential and non-sequential model.
6. Resolution of optical systems, resolution of detectors.
7. Optical systems for machine vision, display requirements.
8. Effect of optical defects on image quality according to application and type of optics.
9. Camera lenses.
10. Telecentric lens, application for measuring purposes.
11. Lighting requirements, types and systems, achieving contrast.
12. Lighting techniques for highlighting displayed structures (slanted lighting, polarized light lighting, structured light). Optics for directional and diffuse lighting.
13. Optics in automotive technology, front lights, interior lighting.

1. Calculations and experiments with reflection and refraction of light.
2. Calculations and experiments with single-lens imaging.
3. Calculations and experiments with imaging by a system of lenses.
4. Experiments with display defects and limited resolution.
5. Calculation of the system in Zemax OpticStudio – sequential mode.
6. System calculation in Zemax OpticStudio – non-sequential mode.
7. Design of mirror optics.
8. Lens design for real display (for camera, photo device).
9. Design of a telecentric lens, differences compared to the previous one (brightness, parallax).
10. Design of a microscope objective.
11. Design of lighting systems.
12. Design of a lighting system with optical fiber. Optics of automotive headlights.
13. Design of a system with a dispersion element.