PHY 431

Optics I
3 credits ( 2 hr lecture, 3 hr lab)
Prerequisites:
Alias: PHY 331
Lenses, aberrations, apertures, and stops. Diffraction, interferometry, spectroscopy, fiber optics.
Syllabus

Schedule

Lab Protocols:
Lab1-Thin Converging Lens
Lab2-Thin Divergent Lens
Lab3-Periscope, Telescope and Microscope
Lab4-Lens Aberrations
Lab5-Polarized Light
Lab6-Interference Fringes, Newton's Rings
Lab7-Michelson Interferometer
Lab8-Diffraction Slits and Gratings
Lab9-Holography