Background Information on Waves,  Interference and Diffraction : Stuff that you need to know to understand Quantum Physics

Here is a pdf file (20 collated scanned pages, 2.18Mb)  of the lecture notes from Sean O'Conner, ex-TA.  This should get you started. To keep file sizes small, the scan is low resolution. In order to view pdf file format you need Free ACROBAT READER 5.0.

In addition, you should be very familiar with the material in Chapter 36 and 37 of "Fundamentals of Physics" By Halliday, Resnick & Walker, 6th edition. Published by Wiley Inc. Copies of this book should be available at the library.
 

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