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There are two courses at my school involving optics. I'm not sure if they are too similar that taking both would be a waste of time, or if they would be different enough that it would be ok to take both.
The first one is from the electrical engineering department, here is the course description:
The other course is from the physics department:
with the textbook Classical and Modern Optics by Dan Steck.
If they are too similar I might replace one with a graduate statistical mechanics course. If not, I would take both.
What do you think? Keeping in mind I will for sure take this EM course:
Thanks!
The first one is from the electrical engineering department, here is the course description:
It uses this textbook: “Photonics: Optical Electronics in Modern Communications”, by A. Yariv and P. Yeh, 6th Ed, 2007.Planar dielectric waveguides; single mode optical fibers; integrated optics waveguides and devices; semiconductor lasers; optical detectors; optical communications links.
The other course is from the physics department:
Principles and applications of optical physics. Interference, diffraction, coherence, polarization, Fresnel relations, optical coatings, waves in dielectric media, Gaussian beams, waveguides, optical cavities, lasers, fibre optics, and Fourier optics.
with the textbook Classical and Modern Optics by Dan Steck.
If they are too similar I might replace one with a graduate statistical mechanics course. If not, I would take both.
What do you think? Keeping in mind I will for sure take this EM course:
Applications of Maxwell's theory. Wave propagation in dielectrics, conductors and plasmas, wave guides, radiation, antennae, and special relativity.
Thanks!