Fall 2026

Optics

Covers classical and modern optics topics including imaging, lasers, and interferometry, reinforced by weekly laboratory experiments.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.71 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.56 GPA, 74.1% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.34 GPA, 64.3% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

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(PHYSICS 202, 208, or 248) and (PHYSICS 322 or concurrent enrollment), or graduate/professional standing

PHYSICS 325

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.71 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.56 GPA, 74.1% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.34 GPA, 64.3% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Imaging, polarization, telescopes, and microscopes.
  • Interference, interferometers, and fiber-optic communication.
  • Optical resonators, lasers, and modulators.
  • Quantum and nonlinear optics.

Skills

  • Laboratory experimentation in optics.

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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  "task_version": "14",
  "output_id": "a7854effe6b96ea6961b58f8df754552c8e63b6adab652332232af7b6ff2e763",
  "requirements_status": "valid",
  "dataset_revision": "e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349",
  "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00"
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