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Week Date Lecture Class Slides Lab Homework
1
Monday
8/21/2023

Lecture 1

Introduction Slides
Geometrical Optics (p. 1-6)

     
Tuesday
8/22/2023
    No lab  
Wednesday
8/23/2023

Lecture 2

Geoemtrical Optics (continued)

Lens and Mirror (p. 1-7)

Slides02 No lab  
Thursday
8/24/2023
    No lab

 

Friday
8/25/2023
       
2
Monday
8/28/2023

Lecture 3

Lens and Mirror (continued)

Optical Systems (p. 1-4)

Slides03  

 

Tuesday
8/29/2023
    Lab #1

HW #1
Due Sep 5 3PM

HW #1 solutions

Wednesday
8/30/2023

Lecture 4

Optical Systems (continued)

Aberrations, Matrix Method (p. 1-10)

 

Slides04 Lab #1  
Thursday
8/31/2023

 

  Lab #1

 

Friday
9/1/2023
       
3
Monday
9/4/2023
Labor Day – No classes
Tuesday
9/5/2023
    Lab #1, continued

HW #2
Due Sep 12 3PM

HW #2 solutions

Wednesday
9/6/2023

Lecture 5

Matrix Method (continued)

Principal Planes

Slides05 Lab #1, continued  
Thursday
9/7/2023
    Lab #1, continued

 

Friday
9/8/2023
       
4
Monday
9/11/2023

Lecture 6

Review of Waves 

   

 

Tuesday
9/12/2023
    Lab #2

HW #3
Due Sep 19 3PM

HW #3 solutions

Wednesday
9/13/2023

Lecture 7

EM Waves

  Lab #2

 

Thursday
9/14/2023
    Lab #2

 

Friday
9/15/2023
       
5
Monday
9/18/2023

Lecture 8

Energy in EM Waves

Slides08    
Tuesday
9/19/2023
    Lab #2, continued

HW #4
Due Sep 26 3PM

HW #4 solutions

Wednesday
9/20/2023

Lecture 9

Light in Matter

Slides09 Lab #2, continued  
Thursday
9/21/2023
    Lab #2, continued

 

Friday
9/22/2023
       
6
Monday
9/25/2023

Lecture 10

Fresnel Equations

Slides10    
Tuesday
9/26/2023
    Lab #3

HW #5
Due Oct 3 3PM

HW #5 solutions

Wednesday
9/27/2023

Lecture 11

Fresnel Equations (continued)

Reflction and Transmission

Slides11 Lab #3

 

Thursday
9/28/2023
    Lab #3  
Friday
9/29/2023
       
7
Monday
10/2/2023

Lecture 12

Reflction and Transmission (continued)

Fourier Ananlysis

Slides12    
Tuesday
10/3/2023
    Lab #3, continued

HW #6
Due Oct 10 3PM

HW #6 solutions

Wednesday
10/4/2023

Lecture 13

Wave Packets

Slides13 Lab #3, continued  
Thursday
10/5/2023
    Lab #3, continued

 

Friday
10/6/2023
       
8
Monday
10/9/2023

Lecture 14

Polarization

 

Slides14    
Tuesday
10/10/2023
    No Lab

 

Wednesday
10/11/2023

Lecture 15

Polarizers and Birefringence (p. 1-10)

Slides15 No Lab  
Thursday
10/12/2023
    No Lab  
Friday
10/13/2023
       
9
Monday
10/16/2023

Midterm exam

Exam + Solutions

Tuesday
10/17/2023
    Lab #4

HW #7
Due Oct 24 3PM

HW #7 solutions

Wednesday
10/18/2023

Lecture 16

Polarizers and Birefringence (continued)

Phase Shift

Slides16 Lab #4  
Thursday
10/19/2023
    Lab #4  
Friday
10/20/2023
       
10
Monday
10/23/2023

Lecture 17

Interference

Slides17    
Tuesday
10/24/2023
    Lab #4, continued

HW #8
Due Oct 31 3PM

HW #8 solutions

Wednesday
10/25/2023

Lecture 18

Interferometry

Slides18 Lab #4, continued

 

Thursday
10/26/2023
    Lab #4, continued  
Friday
10/27/2023
       
11
Monday
10/30/2023

Lecture 19

Multiple-Beam Interference (p. 1-9)

     
Tuesday
10/31/2023
    Lab #5

HW #9
Due Nov 7 3PM

HW #9 solutions

Wednesday
11/1/2023

Lecture 20

Multiple-Beam Intereference (continued)

  Lab #5

 

Thursday
11/2/2023
    Lab #5  
Friday
11/3/2023
       
12
Monday
11/6/2023

Lecture 21

Diffraction, Fraunhoffer Diffraction (p. 1-6)

Slides21  

 

Tuesday
11/7/2023

 

 

  Lab #5, continued

HW #10
Due Nov 14 3PM

HW #10 solutions

Wednesday
11/8/2023

Lecture 22

Fraunhofer Diffraction (p. 7-12)

  Lab #5, continued

 

Thursday
11/9/2023
    Lab #5, continued

 

Friday
11/10/2023
       
13
Monday
11/13/2023

Lecture 23

Fraunhofer Diffraction (continued)

Fourier Methods in Diffraction (p. 1-6)

     
Tuesday
11/14/2023
    Makeup lab

HW #11
Due Nov 28 3PM

HW #11 solutions

Wednesday
11/15/2023

Lecture 24

Fourier Methods in Diffraction (continued)

Diffraction Grating

Slides24 Makeup lab  
Thursday
11/16/2023
    Makeup lab

 

Friday
11/17/2023
       
14
Monday
11/20/2023

Fall break

No classes

Tuesday
11/21/2023
Wednesday
11/22/2023
Thursday
11/23/2023
Friday
11/24/2023
15
Monday
11/27/2023

Lecture 25

Diffraction Grating (continued)

Fresnel Diffraction (p. 1-5)

Slides25    
Tuesday
11/28/2023
    Makeup lab

 

Wednesday
11/29/2023

Lecture 26

Fresnel Diffraction (continued)

Holography (p. 1-4)

Slides26 Makeup lab

HW #12
Due Dec 6 3PM

HW #12 solutions

Thursday
11/30/2023
    Makeup lab

 

Friday
12/1/2023
       
16
Monday
12/4/2023

Lecture 27

Holography (continued)

Slides27    
Tuesday
12/5/2023
     

 

Wednesday
12/6/2023

Lecture 28

Nonlinear Optics

     
Thursday
12/7/2023
Reading day
17

Wednesday
12/13/2023

8:00-11:00 am

Final exam

222 Loomis Laboratory