2020-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (with addenda) 
    
    Dec 26, 2024  
2020-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (with addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CBE-UY 3474 Introduction to Modern Optics

4 Credits
This course covers the physics of optics using both classical and semi-classical descriptions. The classical and quantum interactions of light with matter. Diffraction of waves and wave packets by obstacles. Fourier transform optics, holography, Fourier transform spectroscopy. Coherence and quantum aspects of light. Geometrical optics. Matrix optics. Crystal optics. Introduction to electro-optics and nonlinear optics.

Prerequisite(s): PH-UY 2033 
Weekly Lecture Hours: 4