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This document outlines an Optics course that covers: 1) Geometrical optics principles like light propagation through thin and thick lenses, optical instruments, and lens defects. 2) Optical wave phenomena like interference, diffraction, and polarization through experiments on things like interference of light in thin films and diffraction gratings. 3) The course is delivered through lectures, demonstrations, tutorials, and laboratory work over 45 hours total. It aims to equip students with the ability to apply lens formulas, explain optical devices, describe interference phenomena, and more.

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This document outlines an Optics course that covers: 1) Geometrical optics principles like light propagation through thin and thick lenses, optical instruments, and lens defects. 2) Optical wave phenomena like interference, diffraction, and polarization through experiments on things like interference of light in thin films and diffraction gratings. 3) The course is delivered through lectures, demonstrations, tutorials, and laboratory work over 45 hours total. It aims to equip students with the ability to apply lens formulas, explain optical devices, describe interference phenomena, and more.

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circuits

The Magnetic field: Magnetic flux density; Forces on 8


currents; Biot-Savart law; Ampere’s law
Electromagnetic Induction: Faraday’s law; Self and 8
mutual; inductance; Energy stored in a magnetic field;
Electric generators and motors; Transformer ;
Displacement current.
AC Circuits: R-, L- and C- Circuits; RC and RL Circuits; 7
RCL series and parallel circuits; Resonance
Laboratory Work and Tutorials 15 (30
contac
t hrs)
Total 60

7) Mode of Delivery:
Lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions.

8) References
1. Banda E. J. K. B.: Electricity and Magnetism; Makerere
University Press. (Textbook)
2. Kip, Arthur F.: Fundamentals of Electricity and
Magnetism, NY, McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1962
3. Sears F.W., Zemansky M.W. & Young H.D.: College
Physics, 7th Edition. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.

Course Instructor(s): Mr. B.F.Twinamasiko (Full-time) and Mr.


A. Okello (T.A)

1.29 PHY1213: Optics


1) Course Name: Optics
2) Course Code : PHY1213
3) Credit units : 3(2-1)
4) Course Description:
The course applies geometrical optics to light propagation in
thin and thick lenses. It treats Optical Instruments and lens
defects . It introduces optical wave phenomena of interference,
diffraction and polarization.

5) Course objectives:
At the end of the course the student should be able to
• Apply the thin and lens formulae
• Explain how telescopes and microscopes work.
• Describe various lenbs defects and their correction.
• Explain various interference phenomena.
• Describe applications if the diffraction grating.

6) Course Outline
Content Hours
Ray Optics:

22
• Fermat’s principle as applied to light propagation 4
• Telescopes and microscopes;resolving power of an 2
optical instrument. 5
• Thick lenses, cardinnal points, analytical ray tracing,
matrix methods,aberrations including spherical and
chromatic aberrations, coma, astigmatism and
distortion.
Wave Phenomena:
• Wave superposition. 2
• Interference of light; interference by division of
amplitude and of wave front, interference in thin films 8
and applications, Newton’s rings, multiple beam
interferometrs
• Diffraction; Simple treatment of Fraunhofer diffraction at 5
a single slit, a double slit and at a diffraction grating. 4
• Polarization of light; production of polarized light by
polaroids, reflction, double refraction and scattering.
Applications of polarized light (treated simply).
Laboratory work and tutorials:
Laboratory experiments related to the theory will be 15(30
conducted. contac
t
hours)
Total 45

7) Mode of delivery
The course will be delivered through lectures, demonstrations ,
tutorials and laboratory work.

8) References
1. Hetcht, Optics (4th edition) Addison Wesley
2. Grant R. Fowles , Introduction to Modern Optics.
3. G. Smith, Optics , John Wiley.

Course Instructor(s): Dr. W. Okullo (Full-time) and Mr. D.


Muyimbwa (T.A)

1.30 PHY2111: Mathematical Methods In Physics II


Pre-requisite: PHY1111

1) Course Name: Mathematical Methods in Physics II


2) Course Code: PHY2111
3) Credit Units: 3(3 – 0)
4) Course Description:
This a second course in Mathematical Methods in Physics. The
course provides students with adequate skills required in other
Second and Third Year courses. The course covers orthogonal
curvilinear coordinates, multiple integrals, Fourier series,

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