# Optics

## PHYS-2620

An introduction to the properties of light and its interactions with matter. Topics include wave, particle, and ray treatments of light; geometrical optics and imaging systems; interference and diffraction; polarization; and Fourier methods for imaging and pulses. A laboratory is included.

4 credits
Prereqs:
one of:
PHYS-1200 Physics II PHYS-1250 Intro Electromag Theory
and
MATH-2400 Intro Diff Equations

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2026

Optics (4c)

- Ingrid Wilke

Seats Taken: 16/15

2025

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Shawn Yu Lin

Seats Taken: 9/15

2024

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Shawn Yu Lin

Seats Taken: 6/15

2023

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Shawn Yu Lin

Seats Taken: 10/15

2022

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Esther Alexandra Wertz

Seats Taken: 9/10

2021

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Esther Alexandra Wertz
- Vincent Meunier

Seats Taken: 10/12

2020

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Moussa Ngom

Seats Taken: 14/48

2019

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Moussa Ngom

Seats Taken: 26/48

2018

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Masashi Yamaguchi

Seats Taken: 15/48

2017

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Peter Persans
- John Schroeder

Seats Taken: 14/24

2016

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Peter Persans
- John Schroeder

Seats Taken: 14/41

2015

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Peter Persans
- John Schroeder

Seats Taken: 7/41

2014

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Peter Persans
- John Schroeder

Seats Taken: 11/41

2013

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Peter Persans
- John Schroeder

Seats Taken: 18/41

2012

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Peter Persans
- John Schroeder

Seats Taken: 26/41

2011

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Peter Persans
- John Schroeder

Seats Taken: 38/41

2010

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Sang-Kee Eah

Seats Taken: 10/41

2009

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Sang-Kee Eah

Seats Taken: 25/41

2008

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- John Schroeder

Seats Taken: 30/46

2007

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- John Schroeder

Seats Taken: 19/46

2006

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- John Schroeder

Seats Taken: 19/46

2005

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- John Schroeder

Seats Taken: 16/46

2004

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Aleksey I Filin

Seats Taken: 12/46

2003

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)
Fundmentals Of Optics

- Roland Kersting

Seats Taken: 24/71

2002

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Roland Kersting

Seats Taken: 20/50

2001

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Roland Kersting

Seats Taken: 5/50

2000

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Peter Persans

Seats Taken: 14/50

1999

Fundamentals Of Optics (4c)

- Xi-Cheng Zhang

Seats Taken: 4/50

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