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Week Date Lecture Reading Lab Lab Due Homework Video
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  

HW #1

Due Sep. 3 11:55 PM

  
Friday
8/28/2020
            
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  

HW #2

Due Sep. 10 11:55 PM

  
Friday
9/4/2020
            
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  

HW #3

Due Sep. 17 11:55 PM

  
Friday
9/11/2020
            
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  

 

 Lecture
Thursday
9/17/2020
     Lab #2  

HW #4

Due Sep. 24 11:55 PM

  
Friday
9/18/2020
            
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

HW #5

Due Oct. 1 11:55 PM

  
Friday
9/25/2020
            
6
Monday
9/28/2020

10. Scattering, EM waves
in matter

 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  

HW #6

Due Oct. 8 11:55 PM

 Lecture
Thursday
10/1/2020
     Lab #3      
Friday
10/2/2020
            
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

13. Fresnel equations

 Hecht 4.6-4.7 Lab #3, continued Lab 2   Lecture
Thursday
10/8/2020
     Lab #3, continued Lab 2

HW #7

Due Oct. 15 11:55 PM

  
Friday
10/9/2020
            
8
Monday
10/12/2020
 14. Fourier analysis Hecht 7.1-7.4       Lecture
Tuesday
10/13/2020
     Lab #4      
Wednesday
10/14/2020

15. Wave packets,
Polarization

 Hecht 7.1-7.4,
8.1-8.3		 Lab #4  

 

 Lecture
Thursday
10/15/2020
     Lab #4      
Friday
10/16/2020
            
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
            
10
Monday
10/26/2020

Midterm exam Exam and solutions
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

HW #8

Due Nov. 5 11:55 PM

 Lecture
Thursday
10/29/2020
     Lab #4, continued Lab 3    
Friday
10/30/2020
            
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  

HW #9

Due Nov. 12 11:55 PM

 Lecture
Thursday
11/5/2020
     Lab #5      
Friday
11/6/2020
            
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

HW #10

Due Nov. 19 11:55 PM

  
Friday
11/13/2020
            
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  

HW #11

solutions to SP4-5

  
Friday
11/20/2020
            
14
Monday
11/23/2020

Fall break

No classes
Tuesday
11/24/2020
Wednesday
11/25/2020
Thursday
11/26/2020
Friday
11/27/2020
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

HW #12

Due Dec. 10 11:55 PM

  
Friday
12/4/2020
            
16
Monday
12/7/2020
 27. Laser Hecht 13.1.2-13.1.3       Lecture
Tuesday
12/8/2020
            
Wednesday
12/9/2020
 28. Laser Hecht 13.1.2-13.1.3       Lecture
Thursday
12/10/2020
 Reading day          
17 TBD Final exam