PHYS 402 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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Week | Date | Lecture | Reading | Lab | Lab Due | Homework | Video |
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1 |
Monday
8/24/2020 |
1. Geometrical Optics | Hecht 4.3-4.5 | Lecture | |||
Tuesday
8/25/2020 |
No lab | ||||||
Wednesday
8/26/2020 |
2. Fermat's princilple, Lens | Hecht 4.5, 5.1-5.3 | No lab | Lecture | |||
Thursday
8/27/2020 |
No lab |
Due Sep. 3 11:55 PM |
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Friday
8/28/2020 |
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2 |
Monday
8/31/2020 |
3. Mirrors, Optical systems | Hecht 5.4, 5.7 | Lecture | |||
Tuesday
9/1/2020 |
Lab #1 | ||||||
Wednesday
9/2/2020 |
4. Matrix method | Hecht 6.1-6.2 | Lab #1 | Lecture | |||
Thursday
9/3/2020 |
Lab #1 |
Due Sep. 10 11:55 PM |
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Friday
9/4/2020 |
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3 |
Monday
9/7/2020 |
Labor Day – No classes | |||||
Tuesday
9/8/2020 |
Lab #1, continued | ||||||
Wednesday
9/9/2020 |
5. Aberrations, Review of waves | Hecht 6.3, 2.1-2.9 | Lab #1, continued | Lecture | |||
Thursday
9/10/2020 |
Lab #1, continued |
Due Sep. 17 11:55 PM |
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Friday
9/11/2020 |
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4 |
Monday
9/14/2020 |
6. Electromagnetic waves | Hecht 3.1-3.2 | Lecture | |||
Tuesday
9/15/2020 |
Lab #2 | ||||||
Wednesday
9/16/2020 |
7. Energy in EM field | Hecht 3.3 | Lab #2 |
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Lecture | ||
Thursday
9/17/2020 |
Lab #2 |
Due Sep. 24 11:55 PM |
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Friday
9/18/2020 |
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5 |
Monday
9/21/2020 |
8. Momentum, Radiation, Light in matter |
Hect 3.3, 3.4.1-3.4.3, 3.5 |
Lecture | |||
Tuesday
9/22/2020 |
Lab #2, continued | Lab 1 | |||||
Wednesday
9/23/2020 |
9. Light in matter | Hecht 3.5 | Lab #2, continued | Lab 1 | Lecture | ||
Thursday
9/24/2020 |
Lab #2, continued | Lab 1 |
Due Oct. 1 11:55 PM |
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Friday
9/25/2020 |
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6 |
Monday
9/28/2020 |
Hecht 4.1-4.2, Appendix 1 |
Lecture | ||||
Tuesday
9/29/2020 |
Lab #3 | ||||||
Wednesday
9/30/2020 |
11. EM waves in matter, Fresnel equations |
Hecht Appendix 1, 4.6-4.7 |
Lab #3 |
Due Oct. 8 11:55 PM |
Lecture | ||
Thursday
10/1/2020 |
Lab #3 | ||||||
Friday
10/2/2020 |
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7 |
Monday
10/5/2020 |
12. Fresnel equations | Hecht 4.6 | Lecture | |||
Tuesday
10/6/2020 |
Lab #3, continued | Lab 2 | |||||
Wednesday
10/7/2020 |
Hecht 4.6-4.7 | Lab #3, continued | Lab 2 | Lecture | |||
Thursday
10/8/2020 |
Lab #3, continued | Lab 2 |
Due Oct. 15 11:55 PM |
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Friday
10/9/2020 |
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8 |
Monday
10/12/2020 |
14. Fourier analysis | Hecht 7.1-7.4 | Lecture | |||
Tuesday
10/13/2020 |
Lab #4 | ||||||
Wednesday
10/14/2020 |
Hecht 7.1-7.4, 8.1-8.3 |
Lab #4 |
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Lecture | |||
Thursday
10/15/2020 |
Lab #4 | ||||||
Friday
10/16/2020 |
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9 |
Monday
10/19/2020 |
16. Birefringence | Hecht 8.4 | Lecture | |||
Tuesday
10/20/2020 |
No lab | ||||||
Wednesday
10/21/2020 |
17. Phase shifts, Jones calculus |
Hecht 8.7-8.8, 8.13.2-8.13.3 |
No lab | Lecture | |||
Thursday
10/22/2020 |
No lab | ||||||
Friday
10/23/2020 |
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10 |
Monday
10/26/2020 |
Midterm exam Exam and solutions |
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Tuesday
10/27/2020 |
Lab #4, continued | Lab 3 | |||||
Wednesday
10/28/2020 |
18. Stokes parameter, Interference |
Hecht 8.13.1, 9.1-9.3 |
Lab #4, continued | Lab 3 |
Due Nov. 5 11:55 PM |
Lecture | |
Thursday
10/29/2020 |
Lab #4, continued | Lab 3 | |||||
Friday
10/30/2020 |
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11 |
Monday
11/2/2020 |
19. Interference, Interferometry | Hecht 9.1-9.4 | Lecture | |||
Tuesday
11/3/2020 |
Elections day – No classes | ||||||
Wednesday
11/4/2020 |
20. Multiple-beam interference | Hecht 9.6 | Lab #5 |
Due Nov. 12 11:55 PM |
Lecture | ||
Thursday
11/5/2020 |
Lab #5 | ||||||
Friday
11/6/2020 |
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12 |
Monday
11/9/2020 |
21. Diffraction | Hecht 10.4, 10.3.6 | Lecture | |||
Tuesday
11/10/2020 |
Lab #5, continued | Lab 4 | |||||
Wednesday
11/11/2020 |
22. Fraunhofer diffraction | Hecht 10.1-10.2 | Lab #5, continued | Lab 4 | Lecture | ||
Thursday
11/12/2020 |
Lab #5, continued | Lab 4 |
Due Nov. 19 11:55 PM |
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Friday
11/13/2020 |
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13 |
Monday
11/16/2020 |
23. Fourier medthods, Fresnel zones |
Hecht 11.1-11.3, 10.3-10.4 |
Lecture | |||
Tuesday
11/17/2020 |
Makeup lab | ||||||
Wednesday
11/18/2020 |
24. Fresnel zones, Holography |
Hecht 10.3-10.4 13.3 |
Makeup lab | Lecture | |||
Thursday
11/19/2020 |
Makeup lab | ||||||
Friday
11/20/2020 |
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14 |
Monday
11/23/2020 |
Fall break No classes |
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Tuesday
11/24/2020 |
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Wednesday
11/25/2020 |
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Thursday
11/26/2020 |
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Friday
11/27/2020 |
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15 |
Monday
11/30/2020 |
25. Blackbody radiation: the ultraviole catastrophe |
Hecht 13.1.1 | Lecture | |||
Tuesday
12/1/2020 |
Makeup lab | Lab 5 | |||||
Wednesday
12/2/2020 |
26. The photon | Hecht 13.1.1 | Makeup lab | Lab 5 | Lecture | ||
Thursday
12/3/2020 |
Makeup lab | Lab 5 |
Due Dec. 10 11:55 PM |
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Friday
12/4/2020 |
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16 |
Monday
12/7/2020 |
27. Laser | Hecht 13.1.2-13.1.3 | Lecture | |||
Tuesday
12/8/2020 |
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Wednesday
12/9/2020 |
28. Laser | Hecht 13.1.2-13.1.3 | Lecture | ||||
Thursday
12/10/2020 |
Reading day | ||||||
17 | TBD | Final exam | |||||
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