TEK9050 – Imaging and Detection of Optical and Infrared Radiation
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
The course covers the principles of operation and the technology of cameras, image sensors, and light detectors in the entire optical wavelength range from visible light to thermal infrared radiation. The course provides insight into the signal path from light sources, through atmosphere and optics, to image sensor or detector, and on to analogue electrical signals and digital image data. A central topic is characterization of such systems with respect to properties like resolution, sensitivity, noise and speed. Many topics will be illustrated by practical demonstrations in the lectures.
Learning outcome
After completing the course, you will have
- good insight into the functioning of cameras and image sensors
- good understanding of the physics behind digital image data
- good knowledge of the construction and operation of different types of detectors that convert light to electrical signals
- good understanding of the signal path from light source to electrical signal
- good knowledge of ways to describe the properties and performance of cameras and detectors
- in-depth knowledge of at least one part of the curriculum related to your PhD work
Admission to the course
PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through?Studentweb.
If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.
PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must?apply for a position as a visiting student?within a given deadline.
Recommended previous knowledge
Knowledge of basic signal theory, electronics and physics will be useful, including basic semiconductor physics such as FYS3410 – Condensed matter physics (continued), but material from other fields will be briefly introduced in the course.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with TEK5050 – Imaging and Detection of Optical and Infrared Radiation.
- 10 credits overlap with UNIK4330 – Imaging and detection of optical and infrared radiation (continued).
- 10 credits overlap with UNIK9330 – Avbildning og deteksjon av optisk og infrar?d str?ling (continued).
- 9 credits overlap with UNIKF351.
Teaching
3 hours of?lectures per week, including brief practical demonstrations, throughout the semester.
The course has mandatory assignments that must be approved before you can sit the final exam.
As a PhD candidate, you will have to submit an extra assignment, which shows a good understanding of a more specific part of the curriculum.?
The course lectures is given at Department of Technology systems in Kjeller Research Park. See the schedule for the student bus from Campus Blindern.
Examination
- A final oral exam counts 100% towards the final grade.
- Written examination may be used when there is a large number of participants, as determined early in the semester.
- There are mandatory assignments that must be approved before you can sit the final exam.
- PhD candidates must in addition submit an essay focusing on a specific part of the course, which demonstrates good understanding of this part. The assignment must be approved before the final exam.
It will also be counted as 1 of the 3 attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses:
- TEK5050 – Imaging and Detection of Optical and Infrared Radiation
- UNIK4330 – Imaging and detection of optical and infrared radiation (continued)
- UNIK9330 – Avbildning og deteksjon av optisk og infrar?d str?ling (continued)
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
Courses taught in English will only offer the exam paper in English. You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.
Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass, the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.