Modern Optics
Lecture
Main Campus
Course Description
Geometrical optics; lens analysis and design, aberrations, optical instruments, radiometry. ray matrices. Wave nature of light; polarization, plane waves at interfaces and in media with varying refractive index, diffraction, Fourier Optics, Gaussian beams. Interference; single-beam interferometers (Fabry-Perot), multiple-beam interferometers (Michelson, Mach-Zehnder).
EE 236A
Units: 3
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Typically Offered
Not Available
Grading Basis
Letter (ABCD/NP)
Class Level
Graduate
Instructional Mode
In Person
Gen Ed Requirement(s)
None