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PHYS 461 - Optics (C)

This is an intermediate level study of geometrical and physical optics. Topics include analysis of refraction phenomena, thick lenses, wave nature of light, interference, diffraction, and polarization.

Prerequisites and Corequisites
Course prerequisites: PHYS 113  or PHYS 213  and MATH 225  

Note
(C) denotes common course

Credits: 3


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