PHYS 3710

Students will study the physics of light and its technological applications. They will learn the concepts behind a variety of optical instruments and get hands-on experience with designing and building them. They will learn about light propagation, diffraction, interference and polarization and how these phenomena are used for imaging, measurement, sensing and communications. Finally they will investigate how light is generated and how it can be detected to allow optical systems to be interfaced to, and controlled by, electronic systems.