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Schedule

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Week Date Lecture Reading Lab Homework
1
Monday
8/26/2019
Light Waves and Geometric Optics Hecht 4.3-4.6 No lab  
Tuesday
8/27/2019
    No lab  
Wednesday
8/28/2019
Geometric Optics and Fermat's Principle Hecht 4.3-4.6 No lab  
Thursday
8/29/2019
    No lab  
Friday
8/30/2019
    No lab HW1
(due Thursday Sept.12)
2
Monday
9/2/2019
Labor day
Tuesday
9/3/2019
    Lab #1: Aberrations or Telescope  
Wednesday
9/4/2019
Thin Lenses, Extended Images

Hecht 5.1-5.4

Lab #1: Aberrations or Telescope  
Thursday
9/5/2019
    Lab #1: Aberrations or Telescope  
Friday
9/6/2019
       
3
Monday
9/9/2019
Extended Images, Magnification Hecht 5.1-5.4    
Tuesday
9/10/2019
    Labs, continued  
Wednesday
9/11/2019
Optical Systems Hecht 5.7  Labs, continued  
Thursday
9/12/2019
    Labs, continued HW2
(due Thursday Sept.19)
Friday
9/13/2019
       
4
Monday
9/16/2019

Matrix Method. Thick Lens.

Matrix Method-Supplement

Hecht 6.1-6.3    
Tuesday
9/17/2019
    Labs, continued HW3
(due Thursday Sept.27)
Wednesday
9/18/2019
Review of Waves Hecht 2.1-2.8 Labs, continued  
Thursday
9/19/2019
    Labs, continued  
Friday
9/20/2019
       
5
Monday
9/23/2019
Electromagnetic Waves Hecht 3.1-3.2    
Tuesday
9/24/2019
       
Wednesday
9/25/2019
Energy and Momentum Hecht 3.3   HW4
(due Thursday Oct.3)
Thursday
9/26/2019
       
Friday
9/27/2019
       
6
Monday
9/30/2019
Emission of EM waves Hecht 3.4-3.5    
Tuesday
10/1/2019
       
Wednesday
10/2/2019
Light in Matter Hecht 3.5   HW5
(due Thursday Oct.10)
Thursday
10/3/2019
       
Friday
10/4/2019
       
7
Monday
10/7/2019
Scattering of Light Hecht 4.1-4.2    
Tuesday
10/8/2019
       
Wednesday
10/9/2019
Fresnel Formulas Hecht 4.6-4.7   HW6
(due Thursday Oct.17)
Thursday
10/10/2019
       
Friday
10/11/2019
       
8
Monday
10/14/2019
Fourier Analysis Hecht 7.1-7.4    
Tuesday
10/15/2019
       
Wednesday
10/16/2019
Polarization. Malus's Law Hecht 8.1-8.4   HW7
(due Thursday Oct.25)
Thursday
10/17/2019
       
Friday
10/18/2019
       
9
Monday
10/21/2019
Birefringence. Jones Calculus      
Tuesday
10/22/2019
       
Wednesday
10/23/2019
Phase Shifters. Stokes Parameters      
Thursday
10/24/2019
       
Friday
10/25/2019
       
10
Monday
10/28/2019
Midterm Exam    Solutions      
Tuesday
10/29/2019
       
Wednesday
10/30/2019
Interferometry     HW8
(due Monday Nov.11)
Thursday
10/31/2019
       
Friday
11/1/2019
       
11
Monday
11/4/2019
Multiple-beam interference      
Tuesday
11/5/2019
       
Wednesday
11/6/2019
Fabry-Perot interferometer    
      HW9
(due Thursday Nov.14)
Thursday
11/7/2019
       
Friday
11/8/2019
       
12
Monday
11/11/2019
       
Tuesday
11/12/2019
       
Wednesday
11/13/2019
NO LECTURE      
Thursday
11/14/2019
      HW10
(due Nov.22)
Friday
11/15/2019
       
13
Monday
11/18/2019
Fraunhofer Diffraction      
Tuesday
11/19/2019
       
Wednesday
11/20/2019
Fresnel Diffraction      
Thursday
11/21/2019
      HW11
(due Dec.5)
Friday
11/22/2019
       
14
Monday
11/25/2019
Fall break
Tuesday
11/26/2019
Fall break
Wednesday
11/27/2019
Fall break
Thursday
11/28/2019
Fall break
Friday
11/29/2019
Fall break
15
Monday
12/2/2019
Fourier Methods      
Tuesday
12/3/2019
       
Wednesday
12/4/2019
Energy Quantization and Photons      
Thursday
12/5/2019
      HW12
(due Dec.12)
Friday
12/6/2019
       
16
Monday
12/9/2019
Laser      
Tuesday
12/10/2019
       
Wednesday
12/11/2019
Holography      
Thursday
12/12/2019
Reading day      
17 12/19/2019 Final Exam will be on 12/19/2019

Final exam: PHYS 402

AA,BB

33052

12/19/2019

Thursday

start time: 1:30 PM

end time: 4:30 PM

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