Physics 428: Applied Optics (Fall 2024)
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Lecture Notes |
Solutions to Homework
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Lab Manuals |
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Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 |
HW8 HW9 HW10 HW11 HW12 HW13 HW14 HW15 |
Course
schedule
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Friday |
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August 19 Harmonic waves-1 Read: Ch2: 1-3 HW1: Ch2:
5,9,17,22,24,36,41,42 |
August 20 No lab |
August 21 Harmonic waves-2 Read: Ch2: 1-3 No
homework |
August 23 Addition of waves Read: Ch2: 4-7 No
homework No homework due |
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August 26 Spherical
waves Read:
Ch2: 8-10 HW2: Ch2: 49,54 |
August 27 No lab |
August 28 Electromagnetic waves-1 Read: Ch3: 1-2 HW2: Ch3:
1,3,4,8,12 |
August 30 Electromagnetic waves-2 Read:
Ch3: 1-2 No
homework HW1 due |
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September 2 Happy Labor Day! |
September 3 Lab #1: Speed of light |
September 4 Energy and
momentum Read:
Ch3: 3 HW3: Ch3:
13,14,22,24,27,35 |
September 6 Radiation Read: Ch3: 4 HW3: Ch3: 46 HW2 due |
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September 9 Dispersion Read: Ch3: 5-7 HW4: Ch3: 54,55,57,62,66
(Optional) |
September 10 Lab #2: Refraction and reflection |
September 11 Scattering and interference-1 Read: Ch4: 1-2 HW4: Ch4: 2,4,5 |
September 13 Scattering and interference-2 Read: Ch4: 1-2 No homework HW3 due |
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September 16 Reflection and
refraction Read:
Ch4: 3-4 HW5: Ch4:
6,8,15,26,27,29 |
September 17 Lab #3: Laser beam manipulation |
September 18 Fermat’s principle Read: Ch4: 5 HW5: Ch4: 36,38 |
September 20 Electromagnetic approach-1 Read:
Ch4: 6 HW5: Ch4: 43,44,45 HW4 due |
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September 23 Electromagnetic
approach-2 Read:
Ch4: 6 No homework |
September 24 No lab |
September 25 Reflectance and transmittance Read: Ch4: 6 HW6: Ch4:
49,58,62(Optional),71,78(Optional),83,85 |
September 27 Total internal reflection Read: Ch4: 7 HW6: Ch4: 86,87,91 HW5 due |
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September 30 Lenses-1 Read: Ch5: 1-2 HW7: Ch5: 1,5,6 |
October 1 Lab #4: Dispersion |
October 2 Lenses-2 Read: Ch5: 1-2 No
homework HW6
due |
October 4 Happy Fall Break! |
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October 7 Thin lenses-1 Read: Ch5: 2 HW8: Ch5:
7,10,11,15(Optional),21 |
October 8 Lab #5: Spherical mirrors and lenses |
October 9 Homework Review No
homework |
October 11 Exam 1 No
homework HW7 due |
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October 14 Thin lenses-2 Read: Ch5: 2 No
homework |
October 15 Lab #6: Interference |
October 16 Ray diagrams Read: Ch5: 2 HW9: Ch5: 22,32,33,42(Optional),43 |
October 18 Mirrors and
prisms Read:
Ch5: 3-5 HW9: Ch5:
73,81,82,85,86(Optional),88,89 HW8 due |
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October 21 Nature of polarization-1 Read: Ch8: 1 HW10: Ch8: 6,8,9 |
October 22 No lab |
October 23 Nature of polarization-2 Read: Ch8: 1 No homework |
October 25 Birefringence Read: Ch8: 2-4 HW10: Ch8:
11,18,25,27,30(Optional) HW9 due |
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October 28 Scattering and polarization Read: Ch8: 5-6 HW11: Ch8:
46,47,49,52 |
October 29 Lab #7: Michelson interferometer |
October 30 Retarders Read: Ch8: 7-8 HW11: Ch8:
54,55,56,68(Optional),69 |
November 1 Optical activity and induced optical
effects Read: Ch8: 10-11 HW11: Ch8:
73,74,88(Optional) HW10 due |
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November 4 General considerations of interference Read: Ch9: 1-2 HW12: Ch9: 2,3 |
November 5 Happy Election Day! |
November 6 Homework review No homework |
November 8 Exam 2 No
homework HW11 due |
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November 11 Interference of spherical waves Read: Ch9: 1-2 No homework |
November 12 Lab #8: Holography |
November 13 Wavefront-splitting interferometers Read: Ch9: 3 HW13: Ch9:
6,20,23,27(Optional) |
November 15 Amplitude-splitting interferometers-1 Read: Ch9: 4-5 HW13: Ch9:
35,38,41,42,44,46(Optional) HW12 due |
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November 18 Amplitude-splitting interferometers-2 Read: Ch9: 4-5 No homework |
November 19 Lab #9: Polarization |
November 20 Multiple beam interferometers-1 Read: Ch9: 6 HW14: Ch9:
50,53,54,56,59,61 |
December 22 Multiple beam interferometers-2 Read: Ch9: 6 No homework HW13 due |
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December 2 Fraunhofer diffraction: the single slit Read: Ch10: 1-2 HW15: Ch10: 2,7,8,9 |
December 3 No lab |
December 4 Double slit and many slits Read: Ch10: 2 HW15: Ch10: 14,15,17 |
December 6 Rectangular aperture and circular aperture Read: Ch10: 2 HW15: Ch10:
25(Optional),28,40 HW14 due |
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December 9 Final exam 10:00 am-11:50 am HW15 due |
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