Course Description

PH621: Advanced Wave Optics

This course is designed to convey basic and advanced ideas concerning wave optics including interference and diffraction theory, temporal and spatial coherence, fourier optics, Statistical optics, and the theory of image formation. Application of electromagnetic theory on thin film technology, laser oscillator and crystal optics are also dealt with.

Recommended Prerequisites: PH391 Optics I and PH392 Optics II.