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Week Date Lecture Reading Lab Homework Video
1
Monday
1/25/2021
         


Tuesday
1/26/2021
1. Review of Waves Hecht 2.1-2.9     Lecture

Wednesday
1/27/2021
         
Thursday
1/28/2021
2. Electromagnetic Waves Hecht 3.1-3.2 No labs

HW #1
Due Feb. 4 5PM

Lecture

Friday
1/29/2021
    No labs    
2 Monday
2/1/2021
         
Tuesday
2/2/2021
3. Energy and Momentum Hecht 3.3     Lecture
Wednesday
2/3/202
         
Thursday
2/4/2021
4. Radiation, Light in Matter

Hecht 3.4.1-3.4.3, 3.5

Lab #1

(HW #1 Due by 5PM)

HW #2
Due Feb.11 5PM

Lecture
Friday
2/5/2021
    Lab #1    
3 Monday
2/8/2021
         
Tuesday
2/9/2021
5. Geometrical Optics Hecht 4.5     Lecture
Wednesday
2/10/2021
         
Thursday
2/11/2021
6. Lens and Mirror Hecht 5.1-5.3

Lab #1, continued

(HW #2 Due by 5PM)

HW #3
Due Feb.18 5PM

Lecture
Friday
2/12/2021
    Lab #1, continued    
4 Monday
2/15/2021
         
Tuesday
2/16/2021

7. Lens (continued), Mirror,  Optical Systems

Hecht 5.1-5.3, 5.4, 5.7

    Lecture
Wednesday
2/17/2021
No Classes
Thursday
2/18/2021
8. Optical Systems, Matrix Method Hecht 5.2.3, 5.7, 6.1-6.2 Lab #2

(HW #3 Due by 5PM)

HW #4
Due Feb.25 5PM

Lecture
Friday
2/19/2021
    Lab #2    
5 Monday
2/22/2021
         
Tuesday
2/23/2021
9. Matrix Method, Aberrations, Dispersion Hecht 6.1-6.2, 6.3, 3.5.1     Lecture
Wednesday
2/24/2021
         
Thursday
2/25/2021
10. Dispersion, Fresnel Equations Hecht 3.5.1, 4.6-4.7

Lab #2, continued

(Lab #1 Due)

(HW #4 Due by 5PM)

HW #5
Due Mar.4 5PM

Lecture
Friday
2/26/2021
   

Lab #2, continued

(Lab #1 Due)

   
6 Monday
3/1/2021
         
Tuesday
3/2/2021
11. Fresnel Equations Hecht 4.6     Lecture
Wednesday
3/3/2021
         
Thursday
3/4/2021

12. Fresnel Equations, continued

Hecht 4.6-4.7

Lab #3

(HW #5 Due by 5PM)

 

HW #6
Due Mar.11 5PM

Lecture
Friday
3/5/2021
    Lab #3    
7 Monday
3/8/2021
         
Tuesday
3/9/2021
13. Fourier Analysis and Wave Packets Hecht 7.2, 11.2, 7.4.1-7.4.2     Lecture
Wednesday
3/10/2021
         
Thursday
3/11/2021
14. Wave Packets (continued), Polarization Hecht 7.4.2, 8.1

Lab #3, continued

(Lab #2 Due)

(HW #6 Due by 5PM)

No HW

Lecture
Friday
3/12/2021
   

Lab #3, continued

(Lab #2 Due)

   
8 Monday
3/15/2021
         
Tuesday
3/16/2021
15. Polarizers and Birefringence Hecht 8.2-8.4     Lecture
Wednesday
3/17/2021
         
Thursday
3/18/2021
16. Review before Midterm Exam   No Labs No HW Lecture
Friday
3/19/2021
    No Labs    
9 Monday
3/22/2021
         
Tuesday
3/23/2021

Midterm Exam
Exam + Solutions

Wednesday
3/24/2021
No Classes
Thursday
3/25/2021

17. Phase Shitf, Jones Calculus

Hecht 8.7-8.8, 8.13.2-8.13.3 Lab #4

HW #7
Due April 1 5PM

solutions

Lecture
Friday
3/26/2021
    Lab #4    
10 Monday
3/29/2021
         
Tuesday
3/30/2021

18. Stokes Parameters, Interference

Hecht 8.13.1, 9.1-9.3     Lecture
Wednesday
3/31/2021
         
Thursday
4/1/2021

19. Interference

Hecht 9.1-9.4

Lab #4, continued

(Lab #3 Due)

(HW #7 Due by 5PM)

HW #8
Due April 8 5PM

solutions

Lecture
Friday
4/2/2021
   

Lab #4, continued

(Lab #3 Due)

   
11 Monday
4/5/2021
         
Tuesday
4/6/2021

20. Multi-Beam Interference

Hecht 9.6     Lecture
Wednesday
4/7/2021
         
Thursday
4/8/2021
21. Diffraction Hecht 10.4, Appendix 2 Lab #5

(HW #8 Due by 5PM)

HW #9
Due April 15 5PM

solutions

Lecture
Friday
4/9/2021
    Lab #5    
12 Monday
4/12/2021
         
Tuesday
4/13/2021

No Classes

 
Wednesday
4/14/2021
         
Thursday
4/15/2021
22. Fresnel Zones Hecht 10.3.1-10.3.5

Lab #5, continued

(Lab #4 Due)

(HW #9 Due by 5PM)

HW #10
Due April 22 5PM

solutions

Lecture
Friday
4/16/2021
   

Lab #5, continued

(Lab #4 Due)

   
13 Monday
4/19/2021
         
Tuesday
4/20/2021

23. Fresnel & Fraunhofer Diffraction

Hecht 10.3.6, 10.1-10.2     Lecture
Wednesday
4/21/2021
         
Thursday
4/22/2021

24. Fourier Optics

Hecht 10.2.5, 11.1-11.3 Makeup Lab

(HW #10 Due by 5PM)

HW #11
Due April 29 5PM

solutions

Lecture
Friday
4/23/2021
    Makeup Lab    
14 Monday
4/26/2021
         
Tuesday
4/27/2021
25. Fourier Optics, Holography Hecht 11.3.4, 13.3     Lecture
Wednesday
4/28/2021
         
Thursday
4/29/2021

26. Holography, Scattering

Hecht 13.3, 4.1-4.2

Makeup Lab

(Lab #5 Due)

(HW #11 Due by 5PM)

HW #12
Due May 6 5PM

solutions

Lecture
Friday
4/30/2021
   

Makeup Lab

(Lab #5 Due)

   
15 Monday
5/3/2021
         
Tuesday
5/4/2021

27. Review of lecures 13-26

      Lecture
Wednesday
5/5/2021
         
Thursday
5/6/2021
Reading Day
16

Monday
5/10/2021
8:00am- 11:00am

Final Exam