| 01/05 |
Waves. |
HW 1 |
WS 1 |
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| 01/07 |
Plane, spherical and cylindrical waves. |
HW 2 |
WS 2 |
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| 01/09 |
Electromagnetic waves. |
HW 3 |
WS 3 |
Lab 1 |
| 01/12 |
Photons. Radiation. |
HW 4 |
WS 4 |
EM spectrum (Power Point Presentation from Georgia Tech) |
| 01/14 |
Addition of waves. |
HW 5 |
WS 5 |
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| 01/16 |
Interference. |
HW 6 |
WS 6 |
Lab 2 |
| 01/19 |
No class: MLK Day. |
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| 01/21 |
Interference. Interferometers. |
HW 7 |
WS 7 |
Interference of C60 molecules (Nature 1999) |
| 01/23 |
Introduction to diffraction. |
HW 8 |
WS 8 |
Best Lab Report winner for Lab#1: Michael Paul |
| 01/26 |
Diffraction on a single slit and on a rectangular aperture. |
HW 9 |
WS 9 |
Lab 3 |
| 01/28 |
Diffraction by many slits. Diffraction grating. |
HW 10 |
WS 10 |
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| 01/30 |
Diffraction on a circular aperture. |
HW 11
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WS 11 |
Lab 4 |
| 02/02 |
Fresnel diffraction:introduction. |
HW 12
| WS 12 |
Best Lab Report winner for Lab#2: Bryan O'Halloran |
| 02/04 |
Fresnel diffraction: circular apertures. |
HW 13 |
WS 13 |
Speaking of Star Wars: modern research on 3D holograms |
| 02/06 |
The propagation of light. |
No HW until after all midterms. But:start reading Chapter 4. |
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Midterm is set for February 13. Open book. Based on parts of Ch. 2,3,9,10 discussed in class. |
| 02/09 |
Fresnel equations. |
Reading: Ch.4.1-4.7. |
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Best Lab Report winner for Lab#3: Colin Shear |
| 02/11 |
Fresnel equations. Total internal reflection. |
Reading: Ch.4.1-4.7. |
WS 14 |
Lab 5 |
02/13 |
Midterm
(10 am, Weniger 304) |
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Best Lab Report winner for Lab#4: Alex Brummer |
| 02/16 |
Total internal reflection. |
HW 14 |
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Lab 6 |
| 02/18 |
Interference in thin films. |
Reading: Ch.9.4-9.7. |
WS 15 |
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| 02/20 |
Fabri-Perot interferometer. |
HW 15 |
WS 16 |
Lab 7 |
| 02/23 |
Light in bulk matter. Dispersion. |
HW 16 |
WS 17 |
Best Lab Report winner for Lab#5: Alex Brummer |
| 02/25 |
Addition of waves of different frequencies. |
HW 17 |
WS 18 |
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| 02/27 |
Group velocity. Polarization. |
HW 18 |
WS 19 |
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| 03/02 |
Birefringence. |
HW 19 |
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Lab 8 |
| 03/04 |
Retarders. |
HW 20 |
WS 20 |
Best Lab Report winners for Lab#6: Colin Podelnyk and Alex Brummer |
| 03/06 |
Optical Activity. |
HW 21 |
WS 21 |
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| 03/09 |
Introduction to Fourier Optics. |
HW 22 |
WS 22 |
Lab 9 |
| 03/11 |
Lens as a Fourier transformer. Spatial filtering. |
HW 23 |
WS 23 |
Best Lab Report winner for Lab#7: Ramsi Hawkins |
| 03/13 |
Introduction to holography. |
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WS 24 |
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