PH 292 - Physical Optics
- Credit Hours: 3.5R-1.5L-4C
- Term Available: F
- Graduate Studies Eligible: No
- Prerequisites: PH 113
- Corequisites: None
The wave equation; electromagnetic waves; phase and group velocities; complex refractive index; dispersion, interference; interferometers and applications, optical interferometry; coherence; polarized light; Jones vectors/matrices; production of polarized light; birefringence, Fraunhoffer diffraction; diffraction gratings.