Catalog Description
Introduction to Optics
(Also PHYS 321)
Fundamentals of optics and applications of the optical technology, including
explanation of the operation of various optical instruments and
understanding everyday optics phenomena, such as colors of the sky at
different times of the day, rainbows, optics of the eye, principles of
compact discs (CD), principles of holography, principles of fiber optic
communications, etc. Lab demonstrations and project assignments using
spreadsheet programs and optical design software.
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Prerequisites
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