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PHYS 461

Modern Optics and Photonics

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeB-
Standard

Overview

Description

Fundamentals of modern optics and photonics, laser amplifiers, lasers, holography, optical technology and applications, photon sources and detectors, fiber optics, optical instrumentation, nonlinear optics.

Requirements

Prerequisites

PHYS 422PHYS 473
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Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): PHYS 422; PHYS 473.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Spring

Terms

spring

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • mathematically describe the optical phenomenon such as reflection, refraction and transmission at an interface of material.
  • demonstrate understanding the ray optics and be able to design a multiple optical system.
  • explain the optical phenomenon such as interference, diffraction and basic beam optics.