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PHY 542 Optics and Optics Laboratory


An intermediate course with a laboratory dealing with fundamentals of geometrical, physical and quantum optics. Topics covered include: reflection, refraction, lenses and optical instruments, spectroscopes and spectra, interference, diffraction, and polarization.

Often cross-listed with PHY 442 

Credit 4 hrs
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Fall (odd yrs., in-person)

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Department Permission is required

Equivalent Course(s) - PHY 442
Course History -
Course Rotation added 10/2018; New Course 4/2015, effective Fall 2015


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