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PHYS542

Experimental Optics
PHYS542 FA

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Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:01:13 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       8      0         8

An experimental course in optics, including lenses, lens combinations, interference and diffraction, spatial filtering, coherence length, and holography.

MAJOR READINGS

A text in optics and laboratory notes.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Weekly readings and a lab book.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Open only to graduate students.

COURSE FORMAT: Laboratory

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: GR Credit: 0.50

Prerequisites: None

Section 01
Stewart, B
Times: .T..... 1:10PM;
Grading Mode: Cr/U
Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 0, Jr: 0, So: 0, Fr: 0
Major Preference Given
Section 02
Stewart, B
Times: ....F.. 1:10PM;
Grading Mode: Cr/U
Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 2, So: 3, Fr: 0
Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997



About the Photo:

White light is separated into its component colors by a prism.

Reference:

Highsmith, Phillip. PHYSICS, ENERGY, AND OUR WORLD. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: W.B. Saunders Company, 1975



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