7066 (v.6) Physics 173

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Area:	Department of Applied Physics
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	12.5
Lecture:	2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: upon completion of TEE Physics
Theory of oscillations and waves. General wave properties. Refraction, dispersion, interference, interferometry. Diffraction, the limits to resolution. Doppler effect and uses. Polarisation. Attenuation. Geometric optics - prisms and lenses. Aberrations.Applications, remote sensing.