TEK5050 – Imaging and Detection of Optical and Infrared Radiation

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

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may apply to take this course as a single course student.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

3 hours of lectures per week, including brief practical demonstrations, throughout the semester.

The course has mandatory assignments, which must be approved in order to take the final exam.

The course lectures is given at the Department of Technology Systems in Kjeller Research Park. See the schedule for the student bus from Campus Blindern.

• A final oral examination counts 100% towards the final grade.
• In case of many students, the exam may be written instead. This will be determined early in the semester.
• The course has mandatory assignments, which must be approved before you can sit 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:

• TEK9050 – 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 infrarød stråling (continued)

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.