PHYS 402 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

 

Schedule

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Week Date Lecture Lab Homework
1 Monday
1/17/2022
     
Tuesday
1/18/2022

Lecture 1

Introduction Slides

Geometrical Optics

   
Wednesday
1/19/2022
     
Thursday
1/20/2022

Lecture 2

Geometrical Optics (continued)

Lens and Mirror

No labs

HW #1
Due Jan 27 3::00PM

HW#1 solutions

Friday
1/21/2022
  No labs  
2 Monday
1/24/2022
     
Tuesday
1/25/2022

Lecture 3

Lens and Mirror (continued)

Optical Systems

   
Wednesday
1/26/2022
     
Thursday
1/27/2022

Lecture 4

Lens Aberrations

Matrix Method

Lab #1
​Telecscope or Abberations

HW #1 Due by 3:00PM

HW #2
Due Feb 3 3:00PM

HW#2 solutions

Friday
1/28/2022
  Lab #1
​Telecscope or Abberations
 
3 Monday
1/31/2022
     
Tuesday
2/1/2022

Lecture 5

Matrix Method (continued)

   
Wednesday
2/2/2022
     
Thursday
2/3/2022

Lecture 6

Review of Waves

Lab #1
​Telecscope or Abberations

HW #2 Due by 3:00PM

HW #3
Due Feb 10 3:00PM

HW#3 solutions

Friday
2/4/2022
  Lab #1
​Telecscope or Abberations
 
4 Monday
2/7/2022
     
Tuesday
2/8/2022

Lecture 7

EM waves

   
Wednesday
2/9/2022
     
Thursday
2/10/2022

Lecute 8

Energy in EM waves

Light in Matter (started)

Lab #2
Telecscope or Abberations

HW #3 Due by 3:00PM

HW #4
Due Feb 17 3:00PM

HW#4 solutions

Friday
2/11/2022
  Lab #2
​Telecscope or Abberations
 
5 Monday
2/14/2022
     
Tuesday
2/15/2022

Lecture 9

Light in Matter

   
Wednesday
2/16/2022
     
Thursday
2/17/2022

Lecture 10

Fresnel Equations

Lab #2
Telecscope or Abberations

HW #4 Due by 3:00PM

HW #5
Due Feb 24 3:00PM

HW#5 solutions

Friday
2/18/2022
  Lab #2
Telecscope or Abberations
 
6 Monday
2/21/2022
     
Tuesday
2/22/2022

Lecture 11

Reflectance and Transmittance

   
Wednesday
2/23/2022
     
Thursday
2/24/2022

Lecture 12

Fourier Analysis

Lab #3
Your choice

HW #5 Due by 3:00PM

HW #6
Due Mar 3 3:00PM

HW#6 Solutions

Friday
2/25/2022
  Lab #3
Your choice
 
7 Monday
2/28/2022
     
Tuesday
3/1/2022

Lecture 13

Wave Packets

Polarization

   
Wednesday
3/2/2022
     
Thursday
3/3/2022

Lecture 14

Jones Representation, Polarizers

BL2: Lab #3 Your choice
BL1: No Lab

HW #6 Due by 3:00PM

No new HW

Friday
3/5/2022
  BL3: No Labs  
8 Monday
3/7/2022
     
Tuesday
3/8/2022

Lecture 15

Birefringence

Phase Shift

   
Wednesday
3/9/2022
     
Thursday
3/10/2022

Midterm Exam

11:00am - 12:20pm

Exam + Sulutions

BL2: No Lab
BL1: Lab #3 Your choice

HW #7
Due Mar 24 3:00PM

HW#7 Solutions

Friday
3/11/2022
  BL3: Lab #3 Your choice  
9 Monday
3/14/2022
Spring Break
Tuesday
3/15/2022
Wednesday
3/16/2022
Thursday
3/17/2022
Friday
3/18/2022
10 Monday
3/21/2022
     
Tuesday
3/22/2022

Lecture 16

Phase Shift

Interference

   
Wednesday
3/23/2022
     
Thursday
3/24/2022

Lecture 17

Interference (continued)

Lab #4
Your choice

HW #7 Due by 3:00PM

HW #8
Due Mar 31 3:00PM

HW#8 Solutions

Friday
3/25/2022
  Lab #4
Your choice
 
11 Monday
3/28/2022
     
Tuesday
3/29/2022

Lecture 18

Interference (continued)

   
Wednesday
3/30/2022
     
Thursday
3/31/2022

Lecture 19

Multiple-Beam Interference

Lab #4
Your choice

HW #8 Due by 3:00PM

HW #9
Due Apr 7 3:00PM

HW#9 Solutions

Friday
4/1/2022
  Lab #4
Your choice
 
12 Monday
4/4/2022
     
Tuesday
4/5/2022

Lecture 20

Multiple-Beam Interference (continued)

Diffraction

   
Wednesday
4/6/2022
     
Thursday
4/7/2022

Lecture 21

Diffraction (continued)

Fraunhofer Diffraction

Lab #5
Your choice

HW #9 Due by 3:00PM

HW #10
Due Apr 14 3:00PM

HW#10 Solutions

Friday
4/8/2022
  Lab #5
Your choice
 
13 Monday
4/11/2022
     
Tuesday
4/12/2022

Lecture 22

Fraunhofer Diffraction from Various Aperutres

   
Wednesday
4/13/2022
     
Thursday
4/14/2022

Lecture 23

Fourier Methods in Diffraction

Lab #5
Your choice

HW #10 Due by 3:00PM

HW #11
Due Apr 21 3:00PM

HW#11 Solutions

Friday
4/15/2022
  Lab #5
Your choice
 
14 Monday
4/18/2022
     
Tuesday
4/19/2022

Lecture 24

Diffraction Grating

   
Wednesday
4/20/2022
     
Thursday
4/21/2022

Lecture 25

Fresnel Diffraction

Makeup Lab

HW #11 Due by 3:00PM

HW #12
Due Apr 28 3:00PM

HW#12 Solutions

Friday
4/22/2022
  Makeup Lab  
15 Monday
4/15/2022
     
Tuesday
4/26/2022

Lecture 26

Holography

   
Wednesday
4/27/2022
     
Thursday
4/28/2022

Lecture 27

Holography (continued)

Nonlinear Optics

Makeup Lab

HW #12 Due by 3:00PM

Friday
4/29/2022
  Makeup Lab  
16 Monday
5/2/2022
     
Tuesday
5/3/2022
No Class    
Wednesday
5/4/2022
     
Thursday
5/6/2022
Reading Day
17 5/12/2022

Final Exam

8-11am 114 Transportation Building