Nature of light, wave motion, superposition of waves, interference of light, Fraunhofer diffraction and resolution limit of optical instruments; the diffraction grating and the analysis of light. Fresnel diffraction. Polarized light. Coherence of light, lasers, holography. Fibre Optics. [Offered: W] Prereq: One of PHYS 111, 121 and One of PHYS 112, 122; One of MATH 107, 127, 137, 147 and One of MATH 108, 128, 138, 148. Not open to students in Honours Physics or Honours Chemical Physics. Antireq: PHYS 256/ECE 404Also offered Online
