Faculty Name

Andrew Rundquist

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

PHYS

Course Subject

PHYS

Course Number

3520

Course Section

PD

Course Title

Physical Optics

Academic Term and Year

Spring 2014

Credits

4.00

Area of Study

PHYS

Course Description

Goals: To introduce students to the study of optical phenomena interpreted in terms of a wave theory of light. Content: Mathematical description of waves and how these waves interact with matter. Theories are developed to explain interference diffraction and polarization and are used as a basis for measurements in the laboratory. Taught: Alternate years, Spring. Prerequisite: PHYS 1240 and MATH 3320.

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