Graduate Course Descriptions

The following directory lists the graduate courses which the University expects to offer, although the University in no way guarantees that all such courses will be offered in any given academic year, and reserves the right to alter the list if conditions warrant. Click on the links below for a list of courses in that subject area. You may then click “View Classes” to see scheduled classes for individual courses.

5231. Fund Of Photonics

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Principles of optics including rays, waves, beams, electromagnetics, polarization and statistics. Basic postulates, simple optical components, graded index and matrix optics, monochromatic waves, interference, polychromatic light, Gaussian beams and propagation, diffraction, Fourier transforms, holography, dispersion and pulse propagation, polarizing devices and applications. Concepts of coherence and partial coherence as applied to various light sources in optical experiments and systems.

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