PHYS221Undergraduate
Optics and Waves
Printed in the catalogue as OPTICS AND WAVES
Course content
Introduction; geometrical optics; matrix methods in paraxial optics; aberrations; optical instrumentation and the optics of the eye. superposition of waves; interference of light; coherence; polarization; Fraunhofer diffraction.
Where it sits in a curriculum
Programs whose published curriculum lists this course, and the term it falls in. Your own curriculum is the one that counts.
- PhysicsYear 2, Fall semester
- Physics EducationYear 2, Fall semester
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