This course is designed to give junior and senior physics majors the basic understanding of modern optics, providing them with an ability to study advanced subjects in optics and optoelectronics. Topics include: interference, diffraction, fourier optics, coherence theory, quantum nature of light, contemporary optics (lasers, holography, and nonlinear optics).
Topical Prerequisites: electromagnetism (college level physics), fourier transformations, special functions.