3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week.
Modern Optics
Course Description
The properties of light with emphasis on physical optics: diffraction, polarization, lasers, holography.
Athena Title
Modern Optics
Prerequisite
(PHYS 1212-1212L or PHYS 1312-1312L) and (MATH 2270 or MATH 2500 or MATH 3500 or MATH 3500H)
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to analyze and solve problems in modern geometric and wave optics.
Students should be able to apply techniques of instrument calibration, data analysis, model fitting, and parameter estimation to their optics lab experiments.
Students should be able to conduct a scientific literature review.
Students should be able to communicate the results of their optics lab experiments and projects in the form of scientific journal articles and/or oral presentations.
Students should be able to evaluate and provide feedback on their peers' written or oral reports.
Topical Outline
Maxwell Equations, Electromagnetic Theory, Photons, and Light Waves
Geometrical Optics
Superposition
Linear and Circular Polarization
Reflection, Transmission, and Absorption
Interference and Diffraction
Fourier Optics
Scattering
Blackbody Radiation, Lasers, and Other Light Sources
