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Optical Systems and Instruments

Prerequisites: PHYS 204L, PHYS 214. Offered in spring.
Optical instruments: Monochromators; diffraction gratings.
Interferometers: Michelson, Mach-Zehnder, Fabry-Perot and Sagnac interferometers.
Geometric optics: generalized paraxial formulas, matrix formalism of Gaussian optics. Imaging properties of lens systems: lens combination, diffraction effects, diffraction-limited lenses and Gaussian beam optics.
Optical fiber sensors: Grating, polarization and intensity-based sensors; magnetic, strain, position, temperature and gas flow sensors.

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