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Optics

PHYSICS 3470: Optics

Introduces students to the fundamentals of modern optics. Topics will include Maxwell's equations, reflection & refraction, interference & diffraction, lasers and optical imaging.

Prereq: Physics 1251, 1251H, 1261, or 1271.
Credit Hours
3

Course Information

Textbook:
Optics, E. Hecht, any edition (Addison-Wesley)

Recommended, but not required:
The Light Fantastic, I. R. Kenyon (Oxford Press, 2008) 
Fundamentals of Optics, Jenkins and White (McGraw Hill, 1957) 
Introduction to Modern Optics, G.R. Fowles (Dover) $15-20 paperback 
Introduction to Optics 3rd ed., (Pedrotti), (Cambridge) 

Course topics:
This class will introduce students to the fundamentals of modern optics.  

  • Wave mechanics
  • Light propagation
  • Ray optics
  • Interference and interferometers
  • Diffraction
  • Polarization
  • Special topics (time permitting) 

Semester(s) Offered:

Spring

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