PHYS 4380 - Wave Motion and Optics

One hour optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.

The wave equation and solutions, wave propagation, coherence, interference, diffraction, polarization, refraction and reflection, dispersion, the interactions of light with matter, Huygens’ principle, optical instruments, quantum optics. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as PHYS 5380.

Prerequisites: PHYS 2322.