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PHY 454 — FOURIER OPTICS (CUR-469)

Summary 🔴 ✓

  • Resource type: course
  • Owner Unit: Physics and Astrophysics
  • College/School: College of Science and Health
  • Curriculum section: Physics and Astrophysics
  • Catalog: PHY 454
  • Last Verified: 2026-07-01

Course access

  • Level: red (Major Required)
  • Rationale: 300- and 400-level physics courses require enrollment in the Physics and Astrophysics major.
  • Prerequisites: None listed in catalog description

Verification

Catalog description

Fourier Optics and optical processing of information. Topics include diffraction theory, optical transfer functions and holography. The Fourier Transform and Fast Fourier Transform are used extensively.

Hardware relevance

Catalog course linked to map themes/programs: optics_laser.

Notes

Catalog course key: PHY 454.

Provenance (promotion record)

  • Promotion date: 2026-07-01
  • Promotion batch: catalog-course-promotion-2026-06-30
  • Provenance kernel:
  • depaul/XTR-000408 ← depaul/SRC-001179 (catalog_description)
  • Extraction status: linked
  • Evidence packets:
  • 2026-06-30-thematic-fab-optics-quantum-id-evidence
  • 2026-06-30-engineering-catalog-evidence
  • Discovery themes: optics_laser
  • Schedule (capture): Not offered in queried registrar terms
  • Evidence captures:
  • Catalog: sources/inbox/2026-06-30-thematic-fab-optics-quantum-id-evidence/source_snapshot/captured/catalog-search-PHY-454.html
  • Schedule: sources/inbox/2026-06-30-thematic-fab-optics-quantum-id-evidence/source_snapshot/captured/schedule-PHY-454.json
  • Catalog: sources/inbox/2026-06-30-engineering-catalog-evidence/source_snapshot/captured/catalog-search-PHY-454.html
  • Schedule: sources/inbox/2026-06-30-engineering-catalog-evidence/source_snapshot/captured/schedule-PHY-454.json
  • Notes: Promoted from catalog discovery evidence packets; XTR/SRC linkage to be completed in forthcoming provenance refactor.