OPTI170B1

040738

Optics is leading a revolution coming from the fields of science and engineering, it is increasingly embedded in the modern world through devices and technologies on which we depend. From the Internet, cell phones, visual displays, environmental sensors, illumination, medical imaging, and nanotechnology to quantum computing, invisibility, and teleportation, optics is an integral part of modern life, and determines what will be possible tomorrow. This course describes the role optics throughout history, culminating in its role in the collection of interrelated and rapidly-developing technologies that have had an exponential impact on society and have led to what is called the fourth industrial revolution.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Undergraduate

GE - T1-NATS (Tier 1 Natural Sciences)