Physics 428: Applied Optics (Fall 2022)
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Lab Manuals |
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Course
schedule
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August 22 Harmonic waves-1 Read: Ch2: 1-3 HW1: Ch2:
5,9,17,22,24,36,41,42 |
August 23 No lab |
August 24 Harmonic waves-2 Read: Ch2: 1-3 No
homework |
August 26 Addition of waves Read: Ch2: 4-7 No
homework No homework due |
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August 29 Spherical
waves Read:
Ch2: 8-10 HW2: Ch2: 49,54 |
August 30 No lab |
August 31 Electromagnetic waves-1 Read: Ch3: 1-2 HW2: Ch3: 1,3,4,8,12 |
September 2 Electromagnetic waves-2 Read:
Ch3: 1-2 No
homework HW1 due |
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September 5 Happy Labor Day! |
September 6 Lab #1: Speed of light |
September 7 Energy and
momentum Read:
Ch3: 3 HW3: Ch3:
13,14,22,24,27,35 |
September 9 Radiation Read: Ch3: 4 HW3: Ch3: 46 HW2 due |
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September 12 Dispersion Read: Ch3: 5-7 HW4: Ch3:
54,55,57,62,66 (Optional) |
September 13 Lab #2: Refraction and reflection |
September 14 Scattering and interference-1 Read: Ch4: 1-2 HW4: Ch4: 2,4,5 |
September 16 Scattering and interference-2 Read: Ch4: 1-2 No homework HW3 due |
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September 19 Reflection
and refraction Read:
Ch4: 3-4 HW5: Ch4:
6,8,15,26,27,29 |
September 20 Lab #3: Laser beam manipulation |
September 21 Fermat’s principle Read: Ch4: 5 HW5: Ch4: 36,38 |
September 23 Electromagnetic approach-1 Read:
Ch4: 6 HW5: Ch4: 43,44,45 HW4 due |
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September 26 Electromagnetic
approach-2 Read:
Ch4: 6 No homework |
September 27 No lab |
September 28 Reflectance and transmittance Read: Ch4: 6 HW6: Ch4: 49,58,62(Optional),71,78(Optional),83,85 |
September 30 Total internal reflection Read: Ch4: 7 HW6: Ch4: 86,87,91 HW5 due |
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October 3 Lenses-1 Read: Ch5: 1-2 HW7: Ch5: 1,5,6 |
October 4 Lab #4: Dispersion |
October 5 Homework Review No
homework |
October 7 Exam 1 No
homework HW6 due |
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October 10 Lenses-2 Read: Ch5: 1-2 No homework |
October 11 Lab #5: Spherical mirrors and lenses |
October 12 Thin lenses-1 Read: Ch5: 2 HW8: Ch5:
7,10,11,15(Optional),21 HW7 due |
October 14 Happy Fall Break! |
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October 17 Thin lenses-2 Read: Ch5: 2 No
homework |
October 18 Lab #6: Interference |
October 19 Ray diagrams Read: Ch5: 2 HW9: Ch5:
22,32,33,42(Optional),43 |
October 21 Mirrors and
prisms Read:
Ch5: 3-5 HW9: Ch5:
73,81,82,85,86(Optional),88,89 HW8 due |
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October 24 Nature of polarization-1 Read: Ch8: 1 HW10: Ch8: 6,8,9 |
October 25 No lab |
October 26 Nature of polarization-2 Read: Ch8: 1 No homework |
October 28 Birefringence Read: Ch8: 2-4 HW10: Ch8:
11,18,25,27,30(Optional) HW9 due |
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October 31 Scattering and polarization Read: Ch8: 5-6 HW11: Ch8:
46,47,49,52 |
November 1 Lab #7: Michelson interferometer |
November 2 Retarders Read: Ch8: 7-8 HW11: Ch8:
54,55,56,68(Optional),69 |
November 4 Optical activity and induced optical
effects Read: Ch8: 10-11 HW11: Ch8:
73,74,88(Optional) HW10 due |
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November 7 General considerations of interference Read: Ch9: 1-2 HW12: Ch9: 2,3 |
November 8 Happy Election Day! |
November 9 Homework review No homework |
November 11 Exam 2 No
homework HW11 due |
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November 14 Interference of spherical waves Read: Ch9: 1-2 No homework |
November 15 Lab #8: Holography |
November 16 Wavefront-splitting interferometers Read: Ch9: 3 HW13: Ch9:
6,20,23,27(Optional) |
November 18 Amplitude-splitting interferometers-1 Read: Ch9: 4-5 HW13: Ch9:
35,38,41,42,44,46(Optional) HW12 due |
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November 28 Amplitude-splitting interferometers-2 Read: Ch9: 4-5 No homework |
November 29 Lab #9: Polarization |
November 30 Multiple beam interferometers-1 Read: Ch9: 6 HW14: Ch9:
50,53,54,56,59,61 |
December 2 Multiple beam interferometers-2 Read: Ch9: 6 No homework HW13 due |
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December 5 Fraunhofer diffraction: the single slit Read: Ch10: 1-2 HW15: Ch10: 2,7,8,9 |
December 6 No lab |
December 7 Double slit and many slits Read: Ch10: 2 HW15: Ch10: 14,15,17 |
December 9 Rectangular aperture and circular aperture Read: Ch10: 2 HW15: Ch10:
25(Optional),28,40 HW14 due |
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December 12 Final exam 10:00 am-11:50 am HW15 due |
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