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PHYS 402
Light

Credit: 0 to 4 hours.
Wave kinematics; geometrical optics: basic concepts, ray-tracing and matrix formalism, Gaussian imaging by thick lenses, stops, apertures, and intensity relations; interference; interference spectroscopy and coherence; diffraction: Fresnel-Kirchhoff formulation, Fraunhofer case, Fresnel case, and holography; polarized light. Lectures, laboratory, and problems. 4 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours (3 hours without lab). Prerequisite: MATH 285; PHYS 102 (includes PHYS 101) or PHYS 214 (includes PHYS 211 and PHYS 212).
 
Section Information
CRNTypeSectionTimeDaysLocationInstructor
36694  lecture  AA 01:00 PM - 02:20 PM MW  room 136
Loomis Laboratory 
Flynn, C 
3 hours
Graduate students (only) may enroll in the AA lecture (and no laboratory) for 3 hours credit.
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.

 
44817  lecture  BB 01:00 PM - 02:20 PM MW  room 136
Loomis Laboratory 
Flynn, C 
4 hours
Undergraduate and graduate students may enroll in the BB lecture and in one of the laboratory (BL) sections for 4 hours credit.

 
36707  laboratory  BL1 01:00 PM - 03:50 PM  room 6106
Engineering Sciences Bldg 
 
 
36714  laboratory  BL3 01:00 PM - 03:50 PM  room 6106
Engineering Sciences Bldg