PHYS 015. Optics

A half-semester introduction to geometric and wave optics, including ray diagrams, matrix optics, polarization, Jones matrices, interference, and diffraction.
Prerequisite: single-variable calculus MATH 025 is/can be taken as a corequisite.
Lab required.
0.5 credit.
Spring 2022. Bester.
Spring 2023. Smith, H.
Catalog chapter: Physics and Astronomy
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/physics-astronomy

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