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Typically OfferedFall; Spring
LevelAdvanced
StudentsUndergraduate, advanced
Credits4.00
BreadthPhysical Science
L&S CreditCounts for L&S degree

Classical and modern optics, including imaging, polarization optics, optical telescopes, optical microscopes, interference and interferometers, optical fibers and fiber-optic communication, optical resonators, lasers, optical modulators, introduction to quantum and nonlinear optics. Concepts covered in lecture reinforced by weekly laboratory experiments.

Prerequisites: (PHYSICS 202, 208, or 248) and (PHYSICS 322 or concurrent enrollment), or graduate/professional standing

Lecture

SecInstructorTimePlace
001Deniz YavuzMWF 01:20 pm - 02:10 pm2104 Chamberlin

Laboratory

SecInstructorTimePlace
301M 03:30 pm - 06:30 pm4121 Chamberlin
304W 03:30 pm - 06:30 pm4121 Chamberlin