PHYS 485 - Optics

Institution:

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Description:

Both geometrical and physical optics and applications. Optical instruments, wave propagation, interference diffraction, polarization, and atomic molecular spectra are studied. Spectrascopes, spectrometers, polariscopes, photometers, and interferometers are some of the instruments used. Three periods lecture and two periods lab/week. This class is not available for graduate credit.

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

MATH 213, MATH 318, MATH 322, and PHYS 321

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture/Lab

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

08/30/2012 - 08/25/2024 

Institution Website:

www.ship.edu/

Phone Number:

(717) 477-7447

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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