PHYS 402 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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Monday
8/27/2018 |
1. Geometric Optics, Fermat's Principle | Hecht 4.3-4.5 | No lab this week | |
Tuesday
8/28/2018 |
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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) |
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Thursday
8/30/2018 |
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Friday
8/31/2018 |
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Monday
9/3/2018 |
No class (Labor Day) | Lab #1: Telescope or Aberrations | ||
Tuesday
9/4/2018 |
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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 |
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Thursday
9/6/2018 |
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Friday
9/7/2018 |
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Monday
9/10/2018 |
4. Matrix Methods, Aberrations | Hecht 6.1-6.3 | Lab #1, cont. | |
Tuesday
9/11/2018 |
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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) |
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Thursday
9/13/2018 |
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Friday
9/14/2018 |
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4 |
Monday
9/17/2018 |
6. Maxwell's Equations, Electromagnetic Waves | Hecht 3.1-3.2 |
Lab #2: Aberrations or Telescope |
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Tuesday
9/18/2018 |
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Wednesday
9/19/2018 |
Hecht 3.3 |
HW #4: Hecht 3.5, 3.7, 3.8, 3.11, 3.15 (due Wed. Sept. 26 @ midnight) |
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Thursday
9/20/2018 |
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Friday
9/21/2018 |
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5 |
Monday
9/24/2018 |
8. Radiation | Hecht 3.4, 3.5 | Lab #2, cont. | |
Tuesday
9/25/2018 |
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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) |
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Thursday
9/27/2018 |
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Friday
9/28/2018 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Thursday
10/4/2018 |
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Friday
10/5/2018 |
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Monday
10/8/2018 |
12. Fourier Analysis, Wave Packets | Hecht 7.1-7.4 | Lab #3, cont. | |
Tuesday
10/9/2018 |
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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) |
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Thursday
10/11/2018 |
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Friday
10/12/2018 |
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Monday
10/15/2018 |
12. Fourier Analysis, Wave Packets, continued... | Hecht 8.1-8.4 | Lab #4, your choice | |
Tuesday
10/16/2018 |
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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) |
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Thursday
10/18/2018 |
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Friday
10/19/2018 |
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9 |
Monday
10/22/2018 |
Hecht 8.7-8.11 | Lab #4, cont. | ||
Tuesday
10/23/2018 |
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Wednesday
10/24/2018 |
15. Poliarization, Optical Birefringence | No homework | |||
Thursday
10/25/2018 |
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Friday
10/26/2018 |
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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 |
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Wednesday
10/31/2018 |
Midterm Exam (Covers Lectures 1-11) |
No homework | |||
Thursday
11/1/2018 |
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Friday
11/2/2018 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Thursday
11/8/2018 |
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Friday
11/9/2018 |
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12 |
Monday
11/12/2018 |
19. Fourier Methods | Hecht 11.1-11.3 | Lab #5, cont. | |
Tuesday
11/13/2018 |
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Wednesday
11/14/2018 |
20. Fresnel Diffraction, the Zone Plate | Hecht 10.3 | No homework | ||
Thursday
11/15/2018 |
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Friday
11/16/2018 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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Thursday
11/29/2018 |
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Friday
11/30/2018 |
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15 |
Monday
12/3/2018 |
(guest lecture from Dr. Matteo Mitrano) |
Hecht 13.3 | Lab #6 | |
Tuesday
12/4/2018 |
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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) |
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Thursday
12/6/2018 |
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Friday
12/7/2018 |
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16 |
Monday
12/10/2018 |
Hecht 13.1 | Makeup labs | ||
Tuesday
12/11/2018 |
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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) |
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Thursday
12/13/2018 |
Reading Day |
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Friday
12/14/2018 |
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17 |
Wednesday
12/19/2018
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Final Exam, 7-10 pm, 112 Transportation Building AA & BB Sections |
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