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Optics [PHYS2902]
[30h] 3 credits

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This course is not taught in 2005-2006

This course is taught in the 2nd semester

Language:

French

Level:

Second cycle

>> Aims
>> Main themes
>> Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
>> Other credits in programs

Aims

This course aims to give a student a firm base for the practical part of wave optics and the quantitative treatment of diffraction and of the interferences in the context in modern optical instrumentation.

Main themes

General optics
Interference and diffraction
Fourier optics
Coherence
Holography

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Prerequisites: PHYS 2263 A - Classical electromagnetism.
Support: Photocopies of handwritten course notes.
Other references: Hecht, Optics - Addison Wesley Born and Wolf, Principles of optics - Pergamon 1975.
The course is completed by demonstrations and practical work, that will be perform within laboratory of applied physics (PHYS 2905).

Other credits in programs

PHYS21/A

Première licence en sciences physiques (Physique appliquée)

(3 credits)

Mandatory



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