Course Information of PHYS 3038 - Optics

Current / Most Recent Semester: Fall 2013/14
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Instructor(s): WONG Kam Sing
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Teaching Pattern:
  • duration of course: about 13 weeks
  • lecture hour(s) per week: 3
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    No. of Credit(s): 3
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    Content:
  • Wave-particle nature of light,  wave motion
  • Electromagnetic waves, basic laws of electromagnetic
  • The propagation of light
  • Polarization
  • Geometrical optics: thin lenses, mirrors, optical systems
  • Geometrical optics: thick lenses, aberrations
  • Interference: division of wavefront
  • Interference: division of amplitude
  • Young's experiment, the Fabry-Perot interferometer, thin film interference
  • Diffraction: Fraunhofer diffraction
  • Diffraction by many slits, Rayleigh criteria
  • Diffraction: Fresnel diffraction
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    Remarks: Exclusion: ELEC 4610

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