This course is designed to provide a general introduction to the classical foundations of optics along with in-depth theory to make the most of standard optical metrology methods. In addition to the theoretical section offered this spring, a practical course will be offered in conjunction later this year.

Light is one of the most powerful tools available to the modern water technology researcher. Not only can we literally see what is happening in our subject of interest but we can reach inside and characterize the forces or chemical species that are present even triggering events to occur. Concentration gradients can be visualized, flow fields and particle trajectories can be measured, and even changes in the molecular behavior of a system characterized. Such experiments are essential for validation of theoretical models and complement many existing capabilities already used by many of us. This course is designed to provide a general introduction to the classical foundations of optics along with in-depth theory to make the most of standard optical metrology methods – many of which will become available later this year through the new Wetsus Optical Metrology Laboratory (OML). In addition to the theoretical section offered this spring, a practical course will be offered in conjunction later this year. Note that this course, or equivalent, is a pre-requisite for use of OML facilities and it is highly encouraged that anyone who has a need to use light in their research attends. This class will be divided into the following individual modules:
• Light is an electromagnetic wave
• Interference and coherence
• Diffraction of light
• Atoms and molecules
• LASER
• Laser safety
• Photodetectors
• Thermography – Thermal Imaging
• Schlieren and Shadows
• Laser vibrometer
• Dispersion relations
• Birefringence
• Scatter
• Light sheets
• Tracer velocimetry
• Phase Doppler Anemometry

Understanding basics and applications of lasers and optics in fluid research

- 27 lectures á 45 minutes
- demonstrations in the Wetsus laser lab

Prof. Dr. Jakob Woisetschläger (TU Graz, Austria); Adam D. Wexler, MSc (Wetsus)

More information:
- adam.wexler@wetsus.nl
- elmar.fuchs@wetsus.nl
Link to the course: http://www.wetsus.nl/research/lasers-and-optics-in-fluid-research

Registration:
jeanette.hoekstra@wetsus.nl

Additional lab practical (1.0 ECTS)
This comprises practical exercises from the classical foundations of optics to modern optical metrology methods and is based upon the course “lasers and optics in fluid research”, which is a prerequisite for this lab practical.
Expected: summer or autumn 2013