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.
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