Best way to study for optics problems?

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Mainspring
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Best way to study for optics problems?

Post by Mainspring » Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:30 pm

I took the physics GRE for practice at the end of my junior year. I did ok (840) but I'm trying to do better. I got my butt handed to me by the optics questions. What is a good way to study for the optics questions that will be on the GRE? (my school hasn't offered a full course in optics in 10+ years) Is there anywhere I can find a really concise, comprehensive list of all the formulas I'm going to need to memorize (thin film diffraction, double slit, etc.)?

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Re: Best way to study for optics problems?

Post by surjective » Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:08 am

"optics" by E. Hecht.

Happy studying!



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