Physics for engineers: from heat to light

This à la carte module enables you to deepen your knowledge of physics.
The topics studied in this module are:

Thermal radiation, heat transfer
Light: generalities on photometry and colorimetry, LEDs, lasers

On completion of this module, students will be able to:
- characterize surfaces
- estimate flux and temperature by radiation
- decide whether to take thermal radiation into account or to neglect it when rapidly estimating temperature or flux
- describe and characterize the main properties of light radiation.
This module is recommended for MPI4.0, NMT and SCE specializations.

Part I: Thermal radiation: 17.31 h 4 CM + 3 TD + 1 TP + 4h (2*2h) TD Matlab : Cédric Lebot (13h20), Jean Toutain (4h)

Definition of radiant heat fluxes (identify the types of radiant heat fluxes)
Definition of the black body and characteristics of real bodies (know the relationships between heat flux and temperature, estimate the assumptions necessary to apply the relationships, characterize a real surface)
Heat exchange between surfaces (notion of form factors) (propose a method for resolving temperatures and heat fluxes by heat balance)

Part II: Light radiation: 33.27 h 14 CM + 4 TD + 2 TP de 3h (Plateau LASER) + 1 TP de 2h) : Jean Oberlé (12 CM + 2 TD + 2 TP de 3h), Lydie Bourgeois (2 TD + 2 TP de 3h), Laurence Vignau (2 CM + 1 TP de 2h)
1. Properties and characterization of light radiation
- Introduction to different types of sources
- Characterization of a light source:
Energy, spectral and temporal aspects
Wave aspects, behavior at interfaces and polarization
- Detectors
- Basics of colorimetry: application to LEDs
2. Lasers:
- Operating principles (amplifier media, cavity, beam characteristics).
- Operating modes (continuous/impulsive) and properties of the main lasers.
- Examples of applications in materials and imaging.
- Laser safety

References
Applications des Lasers - Principes optiques avec problèmes commentés, R. Farcy, éd. Masson.
Optique physique, Cours : Propagation de la lumière, R. Taillet, Paperback.
Optique : Fondements et applications, J-Ph. Pérez, E. Anterrieu, Dunod - Masson, 2004.
Optique expérimentale, Sextant, Hermann, 1997.
Les lasers, D. Dangoisse, D. Hennequin, V. Zehnlé-Dhaoui, Dunod, 1998.