PEP 209 Fundamentals of Optics

Concepts of geometrical optics for reflecting and refracting surfaces, thin and thick lens formulations, optical instruments in modern practice, interference, polarization and diffraction effects, resolving power of lenses and instruments, X-ray diffraction, introduction to lasers and coherent optics, principles of holography, concepts of optical fibers, optical signal processing.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PEP 112

Distribution

Department of Physics

Typically Offered Periods

Spring Semester