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image 1Department of Physics

Programs M.S. in Physics with Optics concentration Back to Introduction

Plan of Study
A thesis track and a non-thesis track are available.  (30 credits for both tracks.)

required courses (for both):

  • PHY 502: Electrodynamics
  • PHY 505: Optical Instrumentation
  • PHY 507: Quantum Mechanics I
  • PHY 513: Solid State Physics for Optics
  • PHY 515: Modern Optics Laboratory

Thesis Track: 6 credits of thesis research and at least 9 credits from the list below

Non-Thesis Track: at least 15 credits from the list below

Elective courses:

  • PHY 603: Lasers I
  • PHY 604: Lasers II
  • PHY 606: Physical Optics
  • PHY 607: Quantum Mechanics II
  • PHY 608: Nonlinear Optics
  • PHY 613: Statistical Mechanics
  • PHY 620: Advanced Mathematical Methods for Physics
  • PHY 623: Classical Mechanics
  • PHY 628: Atomic Physics & Spectroscopy
  • PHY 642: Quantum Optics
  • PHY 648: Fiber Optics
  • PHY 658: Laser Cooling & Trapping
  • PHY 662: Radiation, Detection, and Noise

 

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