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PHYS306: Optical Physics
Optics touches on many branches of physics and technology in the world today. The theme is physical optics, taught in the contexts of physics, electromagnetic fields, optical engineering and technology, and photonics.
This unit illuminates electromagnetic waves in media, Fresnel reflection coefficients, multilayer dielectric filters, Gaussian beams, anisotropic media, nonlinear optics, interference, the Fabry-Perot interferometer, Fourier theory, Fraunhofer (far-field) and Fresnel (near-field) diffraction, spatial coherence, temporal coherence, optical transfer functions, the Abbe theory of image formation, holography and modern aspects of near-field optics and their applications in measuring nanoscale phenomena.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 6 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact(s): | Physics staff |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
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