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Physics 402 Spring
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Announcements -------------------------- The Final Exam will take place on Monday, May 9, 8-11 am (see this Excel Spreadsheet) The
exam will be comprehensive, i.e., will cover all lectures 1-25, and
associated reading material. Emphasis will be placed on material specifically
discussed in class. The
exam problems will be similar in style to the midterm, with a difficulty
ranging from “straight-forward” to “very
challenging.” The
exam will be “open book.” You may bring any course-related print
materials to the exam, including the text, lecture notes, graded homeworks, lab write-ups, etc. Electronic materials
(laptops, smartphones, tablets, etc.) are not permitted. ---------------------------- Welcome
to Physics 402 ! Physics 402 is a
comprehensive course on the fundamentals of (mainly) classical optics,
covering concepts in geometric optics and action principles, matrix
techniques for ray tracing, mechanics of classical waves with emphasis on
energy and momentum, radiation, light in matter and optical dispersion,
polarization effects such as birefringence, wave packets, optical modulators
such as phase retarders, interferometry, Kirchhoff and Fresnel theories of
diffraction, nonlinear optics, holography, and basic concepts in quantum
optics. This course is aimed
at advanced undergraduates and graduate students in Physics, Chemistry,
Materials Science, and other areas of science or engineering, who plan to
pursue research or a career in optics or who simply are interested in
deepening their knowledge of the subject. The purpose of this course is not
to teach all of optics, which could never be covered in a single course, but
to cover the foundations of the subject in enough depth to prepare you for
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Physics 402 General Information What: When: Labs will be
held Thursdays (section BL1) and Fridays (section BL3) from 1-3:50 pm. Where: Labs
meet in 6107 Engineering Sciences Building (with some experiments residing in
5106 ESB) Course
Texts:
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Course
staff: Instructor: Prof. Peter Abbamonte Lab TA: Bobby Chamberlain Office: 279 Loomis Office Hour: Wednesdays 2-3 pm Email: rchambe2@illinois.edu Lab TA: Brian Enders Office: 279 Loomis Office Hour: Thursdays 10-11 am Email: benders2@illinois.edu Grader: Jung Sik Park Office: 470 MRL Office
Hour:
Wednesdays 12-12:50 pm Email: jpark284@illinois.edu |
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