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Applied Optics 302

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Connections between optics and electromagnetism. Optical properties of materials. Normal and anomalous dispersion. Fresnel's equations. Boundary conditions. Total internal reflection, evanescent wave. Wavefront and amplitude splitting interferometry. Michelson and Fabry-Perot instrumentation. Applications. Diffraction and aperture optics, Fourier transforms, Fourier optics and Fourier spectroscopy. Coherence, fringe visibility, stimulated emission, population inversion, optical pumping, cavity oscillators, intracavity elements, Q-switching, and laser systems: solid state, dye, diode, diode pumped, gas and excimer. Jones vector and matrices, Stokes vectors, Mueller matrices and polarising... -- Course Website

Prerequisites: 8127 (v.6)<br/> Advanced Calculus 201<br/> <br/> or any previous version<br/> <br/> <br/><br/> <br/> AND<br/><br/> <br/> 8142 (v.4)<br/> Physics 201<br/> <br/> or any previous version



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