PHYS 445Modern Optics
- Faculty
- Science
- Offered
- Fall
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1968–69 to 1994–95; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Basic electromagnetic wave theory. Polarization reflection, refraction and dispersion. Fibre optics and communications. Temporal coherence and spectra. Spatial coherence and diffraction. Phase contrast microscopy. Basics of Holography. Crystal optics and nonlinear effects. Lasers, modes, pulses and propagation of beams.
As printed in the 1981–82 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
Requirements, as last listed
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1968–69 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1981–82 to 1994–95 14 calendars
Basic electromagnetic wave theory. Polarization reflection, refraction and dispersion. Fibre optics and communications. Temporal coherence and spectra. Spatial coherence and diffraction. Phase contrast microscopy. Basics of Holography. Crystal optics and nonlinear effects. Lasers, modes, pulses and propagation of beams.
Offered Fall · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
1975–76 to 1980–81 6 calendars
The electromagnetic nature of light, polarization and coherence. Applications of temporal and spatial coherence. Quantum optics and photoelectric detection. Spontaneous and stimulated emission, lasers, laser beam propagation, holography.
Prereq: Phys 256, Phys 354
1972–73 to 1974–75 3 calendars
Optical coherence, spontaneous and stimulated radiation processes Particular attention will be given to lasers.
_ Prerequisites: Physics 256*, Physics 354*
3 lectures, Fall term
1968–69 to 1971–72 4 calendars
Coherence, interference and optical resonators; quantum optics, amplification and lasers. 3 lectures per week, second term only.