| |
Apr 04, 2025
|
|
|
|
|
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog
|
PHY 300 - Waves and Optics
The physics of oscillations and waves, from mechanical waves to light waves to electron waves. Topics include resonance and normal modes of coupled oscillators, the wave equation and wave propagation, interference and diffraction, polarization and imaging, coherence, and lasers. Three lecture hours and one two-hour laboratory per week.
4 credits
Prerequisite(s): PHY 132 /PHY 134 or PHY 142 /PHY 134 or PHY 126 /PHY 127 /PHY 134
Pre- or corequisite: MAT 203 or MAT 205 or AMS 261 or MAT 307
SBC: STEM+
Fees This course has an associated fee. Please see www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more information.
|
|