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Classical Optics (Notes Download)
Prerequisites: Optics, E&M or Graduate Students
Credits: 4
Textbook:
None required. All required reading selections will be posted on the web.
Supplementary References:
R. Guenther, Modern Optics (Wiley)
M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics (Cambridge, 7th edition)
G. Booker, Modern Classical Optics (Oxford)
E. Hecht, Optics (Addison Wesley, 2nd edition)
Course Objectives:
This course will introduce classical optics from first principles at a first-year graduate level. The theory of electromagnetic, geometric, and physical optics is systematically presented, and forms the base for further study in guided wave optics, electro- and acoustic-optics, nonlinear optics, lasers, and quantum optics.
Grades:
Homework 15%
Exam 1 40%
Exam 2 45%