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OPTI 8106 - Principles of Physical Optics


The Fourier transform and its role in wave optics. Wave properties of light, superposition of waves, angular spectrum of plane waves, relation to ray optics, Gaussian beams,  periodic structures and surfaces, Fresnel diffraction, spatial filtering diffraction, interference and interferometers (two, multibeam, Fabry-Perot), polarization, temporal and spatial coherence, holography, imaging and resolution. 

Credit Hours: (3)
Cross-listed Course(s): OPTI 6106 .


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