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OPTI 6106 - Principles of Physical Optics


Credit Hours: (3)

The Fourier transform and its role in wave optics. Wave properties of light, superposition of waves, angular spectrum of plane waves, relation to ray optics, Gaussian beams,  periodic structures and surfaces, Fresnel diffraction, spatial filtering diffraction, interference and interferometers (two, multibeam, Fabry-Perot), polarization, temporal and spatial coherence, holography, imaging and resolution. 

Cross-listed as: OPTI 8106 .



Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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