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Schedule

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Week Date Lecture Class Slides Lab Homework
1
Monday
8/22/2022

Lecture 1

Introduction Slides

Geometrical Optics (p. 1-6)

     
Tuesday
8/23/2022
    No lab  
Wednesday
8/24/2022

Lecture 2

Geoemtrical Optics (continued)

Lens and Mirror (p. 1-7)

Slides02 No lab  
Thursday
8/25/2022
    No lab

 

Friday
8/26/2022
       
2
Monday
8/29/2022

Lecture 3

Lens and Mirror (continued)

Optical Systems (p. 1-6)

Slides03  

 

Tuesday
8/30/2022
    Lab #1

HW #1
Due Sep 6 3:00PM

HW#1 solutions

Wednesday
8/31/2022

Lecture 4

Optical Systems (continued)

Aberrations, Matrix Method

 

Slides04 Lab #1  
Thursday
9/1/2022

 

  Lab #1

 

Friday
9/2/2022
       
3
Monday
9/5/2022
Labor Day – No classes
Tuesday
9/6/2022
    Lab #1, continued

HW #1 due by 3:00PM

HW #2
Due Sep 13

HW#2 solutions

Wednesday
9/7/2022

Lecture 5

Matrix Method (continued)

Principal Planes

Slides05 Lab #1, continued  
Thursday
9/8/2022
    Lab #1, continued

 

Friday
9/9/2022
       
4
Monday
9/12/2022

Lecture 6

Review of Waves

   

 

Tuesday
9/13/2022
    Lab #2

HW #2 due by 3:00PM

HW #3
Due Sep 20

HW#3 solutions

Wednesday
9/14/2022

Lecture 7

EM Waves

  Lab #2

 

Thursday
9/15/2022
    Lab #2

 

Friday
9/16/2022
       
5
Monday
9/19/2022

Lecture 8

Energy in EM Waves

Slides08    
Tuesday
9/20/2022
    Lab #2, continued

HW #3 due by 3:00PM

HW #4
Due Sep 27

HW#4 solutions

Wednesday
9/21/2022

Lecture 9

 Light in Matter

Slides09 Lab #2, continued  
Thursday
9/22/2022
    Lab #2, continued

 

Friday
9/23/2022
       
6
Monday
9/26/2022

Lecture 10

Fresnel Equations (p. 1-6)

     
Tuesday
9/27/2022
    Lab #3

HW #4 due by 3:00PM

HW #5
Due Oct 4

HW#5 solutions

Wednesday
9/28/2022

Lecture 11

Fresnel Equations (continued)

Reflction and Transmission

  Lab #3

 

Thursday
9/29/2022
    Lab #3  
Friday
9/30/2022
       
7
Monday
10/3/2022

Lecture 12

Fourier Ananlysis

     
Tuesday
10/4/2022
    Lab #3, continued

HW #5 due by 3:00PM

HW #6
Due Oct 11

HW#6 solutions

Wednesday
10/5/2022

Lecture 13

Fourier Analysis (continued)

Wave Packets

  Lab #3, continued  
Thursday
10/6/2022
    Lab #3, continued

 

Friday
10/7/2022
       
8
Monday
10/10/2022

Lecture 14

Polarization

 

     
Tuesday
10/11/2022
    No Lab

HW #6 due by 3:00PM

Wednesday
10/12/2022

Lecture 15

Polarizers and Birefringence

  No Lab  
Thursday
10/13/2022
    No Lab  
Friday
10/14/2022
       
9
Monday
10/17/2022

Midterm exam

Exam and solutions

Tuesday
10/18/2022
    Lab #4

HW #7
Due Oct 25

HW#7 solutions

Wednesday
10/19/2022

Lecture 16

Phase Shift

  Lab #4  
Thursday
10/20/2022
    Lab #4  
Friday
10/21/2022
       
10
Monday
10/24/2022

Lecture 17

Interference

     
Tuesday
10/25/2022
    Lab #4, continued

HW #7 due by 3:00PM

HW #8
Due Nov 1

HW#8 solutions

Wednesday
10/26/2022

Lecture 18

Interferometry

  Lab #4, continued

 

Thursday
10/27/2022
    Lab #4, continued  
Friday
10/28/2022
       
11
Monday
10/31/2022

Lecture 19

Multiple-Beam Interference (p. 1-9)

     
Tuesday
11/1/2022
    Lab #5

HW #8 due by 3:00PM

HW #9
Due Nov 9

HW#9 solutions

Wednesday
11/2/2022

Lecture 20

Multiple-Beam Intereference (continued)

  Lab #5

 

Thursday
11/3/2022
    Lab #5  
Friday
11/4/2022
       
12
Monday
11/7/2022

Lecture 21

Diffraction, Fraunhoffer Diffraction (p. 1-7)

   

HW #10
Due Nov 15

HW#10 solutions

Tuesday
11/8/2022
Election Day – No classes
Wednesday
11/9/2022

Lecture 22

Fraunhoffer Diffraction (continued, p. 8-13)

  Lab #5, continued

HW #9 due by 3:00PM

Thursday
11/10/2022
    Lab #5, continued

 

Friday
11/11/2022
       
13
Monday
11/14/2022

Lecture 23

Fraunhofer Diffraction (continued)

Fourier Methods in Diffraction (p. 1-4)

     
Tuesday
11/15/2022
    Lab #5, continued

HW #10 due by 3:00PM

HW #11
Due Nov 29

HW#11 solutions

Wednesday
11/16/2022

Lecture 24

Fourier Methods in Diffraction (continued)

Diffraction Grating (p. 1-4)

  Makeup lab  
Thursday
11/17/2022
    Makeup lab

 

Friday
11/18/2022
       
14
Monday
11/21/2022

Fall break

No classes

Tuesday
11/22/2022
Wednesday
11/23/2022
Thursday
11/24/2022
Friday
11/25/2022
15
Monday
11/28/2022

Lecture 25

Diffraction Grating (continued)

Fresnel Diffraction

     
Tuesday
11/29/2022
    Makeup lab

HW #11 due by 3:00PM

Wednesday
11/30/2022

Lecture 26

Fresnel Diffraction (continued)

  Makeup lab

HW #12 
Due Dec 7 

HW#12 solutions

Thursday
12/1/2022
    Makeup lab

 

Friday
12/2/2022
       
16
Monday
12/5/2022

Lecture 27

Holography (p. 1-8)

     
Tuesday
12/6/2022
     

 

Wednesday
12/7/2022

Lecture 28

Holography (continued)

     
Thursday
12/8/2022
Reading day
17

Wednesday
12/14/2022

8:00-11:00 am

Final exam

2233 Everitt Laboratory