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Syllabus for Winter 2013

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Topic

Reading (Hecht)

Homework/Lab

M 1/7
W 1/9
F 1/11

Waves
Electromagnetic waves
Electromagnetic waves

2.1-7
2.8-2.10, Appendix 1
3.1-7

HW1: 2.42, 3.5, 3.24, 3.46 due 1/14
Soln1
No Lab

M 1/14
W 1/16
F 1/18

Propagation of light
Reflection, refraction
Fresnel equations

4.1-4
4.5-6
4.7-8

HW2: 4.19, 4.21, 4.32, 4.34, 4.35 due 1/23
Soln2
Lab 1: Lens review

M 1/21
W 1/23
F 1/25

MLK day
Wave interference
Interferometers

7.1-4
9.1-3

HW3: 4.50, 4.57, 4.61, 4.62, 4.71 due 1/28
Soln3
Lab 2: Fresnel Eqns

M 1/28
W 1/30
F 2/1

Interferometers
Michelson Interferometer
Fabry-Perot Interferometer

9.4
9.5-6
9.6-8

HW4: 7.4, 7.6, 7.7, 7.38, 7.46 due 2/4
Soln4
Lab 3: Michelson Interferometer

M 2/4
W 2/6
F 2/8

Diffraction
Fraunhofer Diffraction
Fraunhofer Diffraction

10.1
10.2
10.2

HW5: 9.10, 9.11, 9.12, 9.25, 9.34, 9.37 due 2/11
Soln5
Lab 4: Fabry-Perot Interferometer

 M 2/11
W 2/13
F 2/15

Fresnel Diffraction
Fresnel Diffraction
Review

10.3
10.3

HW6: 10.2, 10.3, 10.8, 10.11 due 2/15
Soln6
Lab 5: Slit Diffraction

M 2/18
W 2/20
F 2/22

Midterm
Polarization
Birefringence

solns
8.1-2
8.3-4

HW7: 10.13, 10.25, 10.28 due 2/25
Soln7
Lab 6: Aperture Diffraction

M 2/25
W 2/27
F 3/1

Retarders
Optical Activity
Fourier Optics

8.5-8
8.9-13
11.1

HW8: 8.1, 8.5, 8.17, 8.18 due 3/4
Soln8
Lab 7: Polarization

 M 3/4
W 3/6
F 3/8

Spatial Filtering
Modern Optics
Lasers

11.2-3
13.1
13.2

HW9: 8.39, 8.41, 8.48, 13.35, 13.36 due 3/15
Soln9
Lab 8: Birefringence

M 3/11
W 3/13
F 3/15

Holography
Nonlinear Optics
Review

13.3
13.4

Lab 9: Aberrations

W 3/20

FINAL EXAM 9:30 am

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