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

 

 

Schedule

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Week Date Lecture Class
Slides
Lab Homework
1 Monday
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

Slides02 No labs

 

Friday
1/24/2025
    No labs  
2 Monday
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

Slides04 Lab #1
Telecscope or Aberrations

 

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

Slides08 Lab #2
Telecscope or Aberrations

 

Friday
2/14/2025
    Lab #2
Telecscope or Aberrations
 
5 Monday
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
 
6 Monday
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
 
7 Monday
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  
8 Monday
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  
9 Monday
3/17/2025
Spring Break
Tuesday
3/18/2025
Wednesday
3/19/2025
Thursday
3/20/2025
Friday
3/21/2025
10 Monday
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

HW #8 solutions

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

Lecture 18

Interferometry

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

Lecture 19

Multiple-Beam interference

  Lab #4
Your choice

HW #8 is due

HW #9
Due Apr 10 5PM

HW #9 solutions

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

Lecture 20

Multiple-Beam interference (continued)

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

Lecture 21

Diffraction, Fraunhofer Diffraction

  Lab #5
Your choice

HW #9 is due

HW #10
Due Apr 17 5PM

HW #10 solutions

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

Lecture 22

Fraunhofer Diffraction (cointinued)

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

Lecture 23

Fourier Methods in Diffraction

  Lab #5
Your choice

HW #10 is due

HW #11
Due Apr 24 5PM

HW #11 solutions

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

HW #12 solutions

Friday
4/25/2025
    Makeup Lab  
15 Monday
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  
16 Monday
5/5/2025
       
Tuesday
5/6/2025

 

     
Wednesday
5/7/2025
       
Thursday
5/8/2025
Reading Day
17 5/15/2025

Final Exam

276 Loomis Laboratory
7-10 pm