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Schedule

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WeekDateLectureClass
Slides
LabHomework
1Monday
1/20/2025
    
Tuesday
1/21/2025

Lecture 1

Intorduction Slides
Geometrical Optics

   
Wednesday
1/22/2025
    
Thursday
1/23/2025

Lecture 2

Lens and Mirror

Slides02No labs

 

Friday
1/24/2025
  No labs 
2Monday
1/27/2025
    
Tuesday
1/28/2025

Lecture 3

Lens and Mirror (continued)
Optical Systems

Slides03 

HW #1
Due Feb 4 5PM

HW #1 solutions

Wednesday
1/29/2025
    
Thursday
1/30/2025

Lecture 4

Optical Systems (continued)
Aberrations, Matrix Method

Slides04Lab #1
Telecscope or Aberrations

 

Friday
1/31/2025
  Lab #1
Telecscope or Aberrations
 
3Monday
2/3/2025
    
Tuesday
2/4/2025

Lecture 5

Matrix Method (continued)
Review of Waves

Slides05 

HW #1 is due

HW #2
Due Feb 11 5PM

HW #2 solutions

Wednesday
2/5/2025
    
Thursday
2/6/2025

Lecture 6

Electromagnetic Waves

 Lab #1
Telecscope or Abberations

 

Friday
2/7/2025
  Lab #1
Telecscope or Abberations
 
4Monday
2/10/2025
    
Tuesday
2/11/2025

Lecture 7

Energy in EM Waves

Slides07 

HW #2 is due

HW #3
Due Feb 18 5PM

HW #3 solutions

Wednesday
2/12/2025
    
Thursday
2/13/2025

Lecture 8

Light in Matter

Slides08Lab #2
Telecscope or Aberrations

 

Friday
2/14/2025
  Lab #2
Telecscope or Aberrations
 
5Monday
2/17/2025
    
Tuesday
2/18/2025

 Lecture 9

Fresnel Equations

  

HW #3 is due

HW #4
Due Feb 25 5PM

HW #4 solutions

Wednesday
2/19/2025
    
Thursday
2/20/2025

 Lecture 10

Reflection and Transmission

 Lab #2
Telecscope or Aberrations

 

Friday
2/21/2025
  Lab #2
Telecscope or Aberrations
 
6Monday
2/24/2025
    
Tuesday
2/25/2025

 Lecture 11

Fourier Analysis

  HW #4 is due

HW #5
Due Mar 4 5PM

HW #5 solutions
Wednesday
2/26/2025
    
Thursday
2/27/2025

 Lecture 12

Wave Packets

 Lab #3
Your choice

 

Friday
2/28/2025
  Lab #3
Your choice
 
7Monday
3/3/2025
    
Tuesday
3/4/2025

Lecture 13

Polarization

  HW #5 is due

HW #6
Due Mar 11 5PM


HW #6 solutions
Wednesday
3/5/2025
    
Thursday
3/6/2025

 Lecture 14

Polarizers

 No Lab

 

Friday
3/7/2025
  No Labs 
8Monday
3/10/2025
    
Tuesday
3/11/2025

Lecture 15

Birefringence and Phase shift

   HW #6 is due
Wednesday
3/12/2025
    
Thursday
3/13/2025

Midterm Exam

11:00am - 12:20pm

Exam + Solutions

 Lab #3 Your choice

HW #7
Due Mar 27 5PM

HW #7 solutions

Friday
3/14/2025
  Lab #3 Your choice 
9Monday
3/17/2025
Spring Break
Tuesday
3/18/2025
Wednesday
3/19/2025
Thursday
3/20/2025
Friday
3/21/2025
10Monday
3/24/2025
    
Tuesday
3/25/2025

 Lecture 16

Birefringence and Phase shift (continued)

   
Wednesday
3/26/2025
    
Thursday
3/27/2025

 Lecture 17

Interference

 Lab #4
Your choice

HW #7 is due

HW #8
Due Apr 3 5PM

Friday
3/28/2025
  Lab #4
Your choice
 
11Monday
3/31/2025
    
Tuesday
4/1/2025

Lecture 18

Interferometry

   
Wednesday
4/2/2025
    
Thursday
4/3/2025

 

 Lab #4
Your choice

HW #8 is due

HW #9
Due Apr 10 5PM

Friday
4/4/2025
  Lab #4
Your choice
 
12Monday
4/7/2025
    
Tuesday
4/8/2025

 

   
Wednesday
4/9/2025
    
Thursday
4/10/2025

 

 Lab #5
Your choice

HW #9 is due

HW #10
Due Apr 17 5PM

Friday
4/11/2025
  Lab #5
Your choice
 
13Monday
4/14/2025
    
Tuesday
4/15/2025

 

   
Wednesday
4/16/2025
    
Thursday
4/17/2025

 

 Lab #5
Your choice

HW #10 is due

HW #11
Due Apr 24 5PM

Friday
4/18/2025
  Lab #5
Your choice
 
14Monday
4/21/2025
    
Tuesday
4/22/2025

 

   
Wednesday
4/23/2025
    
Thursday
4/24/2025

 

 Makeup Lab

HW #11 is due

HW #12
Due May 1 5PM

Friday
4/25/2025
  Makeup Lab 
15Monday
4/28/2025
    
Tuesday
4/29/2025

 

   
Wednesday
4/30/2025
    
Thursday
5/1/2025

 

 Makeup Lab

HW #12 is due

Friday
5/2/2025
  Makeup Lab 
16Monday
5/5/2025
    
Tuesday
5/6/2025

 

   
Wednesday
5/7/2025
    
Thursday
5/8/2025
Reading Day
175/15/2025

Final Exam

276 Loomis Laboratory
7-10 pm