OPT 501 - Geometric and Physical Optics I

3 credit(s)
This course is the first of a two-semester sequence that provides an introduction to optics. Topics in this semester include laws of light propagation, thin lenses and prisms, spherocylindrical lenses, single spherical refracting interfaces, thick lenses, and angular magnification. Emphasis is placed on applications such as lens models of the eye and optical instruments. Also listed as VSC 511.