PHY 450 - Optics and Electromagnetic Waves

[3 credit(s)]

Prerequisite: PHY 330. Prerequisite or co-requisite: PHY 350. Maxwell equations; electromagnetic energy; electromagnetic waves; interaction of light with dielectric and metallic materials: dispersion; geometric optics; lenses and lens aberrations, mirrors, polarization, birefringence, interference, interferometer design, Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction.

Semesters Offered: Fall - odd years