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PHYS 461 - Light and Physical Optics

Survey of geometric optics and optical instruments. Selected topics in physical optics including interference, diffraction and polarization, with applications; the nature of light.

Credits: 3
Prerequisites: PHYS 182.
Notes: This course is crosslisted with PHYS 661. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.