PHY 3050U – Waves and Optics

Waves topics include: damped and forced oscillations; coupled oscillators and normal modes; traveling and standing waves; boundary conditions and energy transfer; dispersion. Optics topics include: geometrical optics: reflection, refraction and transmission of electromagnetic waves; interference; diffraction; applications of optics including optical imaging and processing, interferometers, lasers, fibre optics, and nonlinear optical devices.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Laboratory hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHY 2030U