2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (with addenda) 
    
    Jan 15, 2025  
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2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (with addenda)
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PH-GY 5473 Modern Optics

3 Credits
The course covers the physics of optics, using both classical and semi-classical descriptions. Topics include 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): MA-UY 2114  and PH-UY 3234  or equivalents
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0


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