PHYS 402
Fall 2010 All Classes
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).
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33052
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Lecture
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AA
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11:00AM
-12:20PM
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MW
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Loomis Laboratory
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Nayfeh, M
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47625
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Lecture
|
BB
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11:00AM
-12:20PM
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MW
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Loomis Laboratory
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Nayfeh, M
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32781
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Laboratory
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BL1
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9:00AM
-11:50AM
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T
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Engineering Sciences Building
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Sivil, D
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32782
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Laboratory
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BL2
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2:00PM
-4:50PM
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W
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Engineering Sciences Building
|
Sivil, D
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