2021-2022 Catalog

OTE 100 Fundamentals of Light & Lasers

Introduces the fundamentals of light, optics and lasers. This course covers the nature and properties of light (such as energy, amplitude, wavelength, frequency, period, phase, propagation). This course also addresses geometrical optics (reflection, refraction, imaging, thin lens formula, lens maker's equation), wave optics (interference, diffraction, polarization), and the basic principles and practical applications of lasers.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Prerequisite/Corequisite: MAT 108 or MAT 122 or MAT 166 or higher