Detectors and sources of radiation

Course: Physics

Structural unit: Faculty of Physics

Title
Detectors and sources of radiation
Code
ВК2
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
Knowledge of the basic terms and units of measurement related to sources and detectors of radiation; principles of operation, characteristics, areas of application and features of operation of incoherent and coherent sources of optical radiation; principles of operation, characteristics, areas of application and features of operation of quantum and non-quantum detectors of optical radiation. Ability to formulate the basic physical principles that underlie the operation of sources and detectors of optical radiation of various types; determine the type and calculate the parameters of sources and detectors of radiation required to perform a specific scientific task; calculate the parameters of the electrical circuit to which the radiation source or detector of a particular type with the specified parameters is connected.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Knowledge of the basics of electricity and magnetism, optics, electronics, atomic physics, mathematical analysis, and the theory of differential equations. Ability to work with educational and scientific literature, search for the necessary information on the Internet, solve systems of algebraic and differential equations, differentiate and integrate functions, calculate the parameters of electrical circuits and optical systems, perform numerical calculations of values of functions given analytically, build graphs of functions on a computer. Skills of assembling electrical circuits, aligning optical systems, working with electrical measuring equipment, conducting electrical, optical, and spectroscopic measurements.
Course content
Basic terms and units of measurement. Incoherent light sources. Parameters of optical radiation sources and circuitry of their power supplies: incandescent lamps, tungsten-halogen lamps, Nernst glower, globar, gas-discharge lamps. Coherent light sources. Lasers (gas-discharge, solid-state, semiconductor), LEDs. Characteristics of radiation detectors. Non-quantum radiation detectors. Detection of signals of heat r detectors. Quantum radiation detectors. Quantum detector parameters. Characteristics of photomultipliers, photoresistors, and photodiodes. Photodetector arrays. The circuitry of photodetection systems. Operational amplifiers in photodetection systems. Photon counting.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Rabek J.F. Experimental Methods in Photochemistry and Photophysics. John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1982. 2. Nagibina I.M., Moskalev V.A. et al. Applied physical optics. 2002. 3. Posudin Yu.I. Laser photobiology. 1989. 4. Aksenenko M.D., Baranochnikov M.L. Optical radiation detectors. Handbook. 1987. 5. Pavlov A.V., Chernikov A.I. Radiation detectors of automatic optoelectronic devices. 1972. 6. Aksenenko M.D., Baranochnikov M.L. Smolin O.V. Microelectronic photodetectors. 1984. 7. Pulse photometry: Collection of articles. Issue. 6. 1979. 8. Born M., Wolf E. Principles of Optics. Pergamon Press, 1968. 9. Shurkliff W.A. Polarized Light. Harvard University Press, 1962. 10. Azzam R.M.A., Bashara N.M. Ellipsometry and Polarized Light. North Holland Publishing Company, 1977. 11. Thomas G.A., Ackerman D.A. Physics in the Whirlwind of Optical Communications // Physics Today, 30 September 2000.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lections, student's independent work.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral surveys, module tests. Forms of student assessment: semester assessment - grades for writing two module tests (maximum 30 points for each test); final grade - grade for oral test (maximum 40 points). Admission requirement: during the semester the student must score at least 36 points for writing two module tests. Organization of assessment: conducting module tests and oral test. The final grade for the semester consists of the sum of points obtained by the student for two module tests and an oral test. One can get a maximum of 100 points. The students who scored a total of less than the critical-minimum (60 points), for certification in this discipline, must rewrite two module tests and score at least 40 points and retake the oral test and get for it at least 20 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

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