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Week Date Lecture Reading Lab Homework
1
Monday
8/27/2018
1. Geometric Optics, Fermat's Principle Hecht 4.3-4.5 No lab this week  
Tuesday
8/28/2018
       
Wednesday
8/29/2018
2. Thin Lenses, Extended Images Hecht 5.1-5.4  

HW #1: Hecht 4.19, 4.32, 5.6, 5.7, 5.9

(due Wed., Sept. 5 @ midnight)

Thursday
8/30/2018
     

 

Friday
8/31/2018
       
2
Monday
9/3/2018
No class (Labor Day)   Lab #1: Telescope or Aberrations  
Tuesday
9/4/2018
       
Wednesday
9/5/2018

3. Multi-Lens Systems, the Compound Microscope

(guest lecture from Dr. Matteo Mitrano)

Hecht 5.7  

HW #2: Hecht 5.26, 5.31, 5.40, 5.65, 5.76

(due Wed., Sept. 12 Sat. Sept. 15 @ midnight Mon. Sept. 17 @ 8 am Dec. 13, 2018 @ midnight)

Thursday
9/6/2018
     

 

Friday
9/7/2018
       
3
Monday
9/10/2018
4. Matrix Methods, Aberrations Hecht 6.1-6.3 Lab #1, cont.  
Tuesday
9/11/2018
       
Wednesday
9/12/2018
5. Wave Mechanics, Superposition, Spherical Waves Hecht 2.1-2.8  

HW #3: Hecht 6.5, 6.9, 6.15, 6.22, 2.32, 2.34

(due Wed. Sept. 19 @ midnight)

Thursday
9/13/2018
       
Friday
9/14/2018
       
4
Monday
9/17/2018
6. Maxwell's Equations, Electromagnetic Waves Hecht 3.1-3.2

Lab #2: Aberrations or Telescope

 
Tuesday
9/18/2018
       
Wednesday
9/19/2018

7. Energy and Momentum in Wave Mechanics

Hecht 3.3  

HW #4: Hecht 3.5, 3.7, 3.8, 3.11, 3.15

(due Wed. Sept. 26 @ midnight)

Thursday
9/20/2018
     

 

Friday
9/21/2018
       
5
Monday
9/24/2018
8. Radiation Hecht 3.4, 3.5 Lab #2, cont.  
Tuesday
9/25/2018
       
Wednesday
9/26/2018
9. Light in Matter, the Refractive Index, Optical Dispersion Hecht 3.5  

HW #5: Hecht 3.19, 3.21, 3.25, 3.29, 3.38, 3.39, 3.43

(due Wed. Oct. 3 @ midnight)

Thursday
9/27/2018
     

 

Friday
9/28/2018
       
6
Monday
10/1/2018

10. Rayleigh Scattering, Larmor Fomula, the Blue Sky

(guest lecture from Dr. Matteo Mitrano)

Hecht: 4.1, 4.2, 4.6 Lab #3, your choice  
Tuesday
10/2/2018
       
Wednesday
10/3/2018
11. Reflection from an Interface, Fresnel Formulas Hecht 4.6, 4.7  

HW #6: Hecht 3.44, 3.46, 3.51, 3.53, 3.56, 3.57

(due Wed. Oct. 10 @ midnight

Thursday
10/4/2018
     

 

Friday
10/5/2018
       
7
Monday
10/8/2018
12. Fourier Analysis, Wave Packets Hecht 7.1-7.4 Lab #3, cont.   
Tuesday
10/9/2018
       
Wednesday
10/10/2018
No class    

HW #7: Hecht 4.21, 4.39, 4.42, 4.48, 4.49, 4.53, 4.70-4.71

(due Wed. Oct. 17 @ midnight)

Thursday
10/11/2018
     

 

Friday
10/12/2018
       
8
Monday
10/15/2018
12. Fourier Analysis, Wave Packets, continued... Hecht 8.1-8.4 Lab #4, your choice  
Tuesday
10/16/2018
       
Wednesday
10/17/2018
13. Poliarization, Optical Birefringence Hecht 8.5, 8.6, 8.13  

HW #8: Hecht 7.3, 7.15, 7.26, 7.28; Suppl. Problem P.1

(due Wed. Oct. 24 @ midnight)

Thursday
10/18/2018
     

 

Friday
10/19/2018
       
9
Monday
10/22/2018

14. Creating Polarized Light

Hecht 8.7-8.11 Lab #4, cont.  
Tuesday
10/23/2018
       
Wednesday
10/24/2018
15. Poliarization, Optical Birefringence     No homework
Thursday
10/25/2018
     

 

Friday
10/26/2018
       
10
Monday
10/29/2018
16. Young's Interference, the Michelson Interferometer Hecht 9.1-9.5 No lab this week  
Tuesday
10/30/2018
       
Wednesday
10/31/2018

Midterm Exam

(Covers Lectures 1-11)

    No homework
Thursday
11/1/2018
     

 

Friday
11/2/2018
       
11
Monday
11/5/2018
17. Thin film interference, the Fabry-Perot Interferometer Hecht 9.6-9.8 Lab #5, your choice  
Tuesday
11/6/2018
       
Wednesday
11/7/2018
18. Kirchhoff Theory, Fraunhofer Diffraction Hecht 10.1, 10.2  

HW #9: Hecht 8.5, 8.18, 8.41, 8.43, 8.54, 8.65, 9.12, 9.13

(due Wed. Nov. 14 Fri. Nov. 16 @ midnight)

Thursday
11/8/2018
     

 

Friday
11/9/2018
       
12
Monday
11/12/2018
19. Fourier Methods Hecht 11.1-11.3 Lab #5, cont.  
Tuesday
11/13/2018
       
Wednesday
11/14/2018
20. Fresnel Diffraction, the Zone Plate Hecht 10.3   No homework
Thursday
11/15/2018
     

 

Friday
11/16/2018
       
13
Monday
11/19/2018
Thanksgiving Break      
Tuesday
11/20/2018
Thanksgiving Break      
Wednesday
11/21/2018
Thanksgiving Break      
Thursday
11/22/2018
Thanksgiving Break    

 

Friday
11/23/2018
Thanksgiving Break      
14
Monday
11/26/2018
21. Partially Coherent Light (Optional / not on the final) Hecht 12.1-12.4 Lab #6, Your choice (optional)  
Tuesday
11/27/2018
       
Wednesday
11/28/2018
22. Nonlinear Optics Hecht 13.4  

HW #10: Hecht 9.28, 9.32, 9.36, 9.43, 10.7, 10.8

(due Wed. Dec. 5 @ midnight)

Thursday
11/29/2018
     

 

Friday
11/30/2018
       
15
Monday
12/3/2018

23. Holography

(guest lecture from Dr. Matteo Mitrano)

Hecht 13.3 Lab #6  
Tuesday
12/4/2018
       
Wednesday
12/5/2018

24. Quantization of the EM Field, Photons 

(guest lecture from Dr. Matteo Mitrano)

Hecht 3.7  

HW #11: Hecht 10.14, 10.25, 11.2, 11.8, 11.11

(due Wed. Dec. 12 @ midnight)

Thursday
12/6/2018
       

 

Friday
12/7/2018
       
16
Monday
12/10/2018

25. The Laser

Hecht 13.1 Makeup labs  
Tuesday
12/11/2018
       
Wednesday
12/12/2018
No class    

HW #12: Hecht 11.29, 13.1, 13.36, 13.38, 13.41

(Hint: refer to Section 13.2.3)

(optional)

Thursday
12/13/2018
Reading Day      

 

Friday
12/14/2018
       
17
Wednesday
12/19/2018

Final Exam, 7-10 pm, 112 Transportation Building

AA & BB Sections