Basic education in optics for physicists

1 March 1992 Basic education in optics for physicists

Maria Josefa Yzuel

Proceedings Volume 1603, Education in Optics; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.57836
Event: Education in Optics, 1991, Leningrad, Russian Federation

Abstract

The concept of Optics, its situation as a branch of Physics and the educational value of a course of Optics for a physicist are analyzed in this paper. A list of contents is proposed with a discussion about the importance of the different topics.

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Maria Josefa Yzuel "Basic education in optics for physicists", Proc. SPIE 1603, Education in Optics, (1 March 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.57836

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Physics

Geometrical optics

Charged particle optics

Radio propagation

Quantum optics

Light wave propagation

Diffraction

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