Course

Advanced Optics - PHYS3060

Faculty: Faculty of Science

School: School of Physics

Course Outline: http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 3

EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: PHYS1002 or PHYS1221 or PHYS1231 or PHYS1241; Corequisite: MATH2120 or MATH2130; Exclusion: PHYS3031

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

Review of geometrical optics, including ray tracing, aberrations and optical instruments: physical optics, including Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, transfer functions, coherence, auto and cross correlation: applications of optics, including fibre optics, lasers and holography.

Note: This course may also be studied via distance education.
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