Physics 528: Advanced
Modern Optics (Spring 2023)
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Course
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January 16 Happy Holiday! |
January 18 Nature of polarization-1 Read: Ch8: 1 HW1: Ch8: 6,8,9 |
January 20 Nature of polarization-2 Read: Ch8: 1 No homework due |
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January 23 Birefringence-1 Read: Ch8: 2-4 HW2: Ch8:
11,18,25,27,30 |
January 25 Birefringence-2 Read: Ch8: 2-4 No homework |
January 27 Scattering and polarization Read: Ch8: 5-6 HW2: Ch8:
46,47,49,52 HW1 due |
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January 30 Retarders Read: Ch8: 7-8 HW3: Ch8:
54,55,56,68,69 |
February 1 Optical activity and induced optical
effects Read: Ch8: 10-11 HW3: Ch8: 73,74,88 |
February 3 General considerations of interference Read: Ch9: 1-2 HW3: Ch9: 2,3 HW2 due |
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February 6 Interference of spherical waves Read: Ch9: 1-2 No homework |
February 8 Wavefront-splitting interferometers Read: Ch9: 3 HW4: Ch9: 6,20,23,27 |
February 10 Amplitude-splitting interferometers-1 Read: Ch9: 4-5 No homework HW3 due |
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February 13 Happy Holiday! |
February 15 Amplitude-splitting interferometers-2 Read: Ch9: 4-5 HW5: Ch9:
35,38,41,42,44,46 |
February 17 Multiple beam interferometers-1 Read: Ch9: 6 No homework HW4 due |
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February 20 Multiple beam interferometers-2 Read: Ch9: 6 HW6: Ch9:
50,53,54,56 |
February 22 Multilayer coating Read: Ch9: 6 HW6: Ch9: 57,59,61 |
February 24 Fraunhofer diffraction: the single slit Read: Ch10: 1-2 HW6: Ch10: 2,7,8,9 HW5 due |
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February 27 Double slit and many slits Read: Ch10: 2 HW7: Ch10: 14,15,17 |
March 1 Homework Review No homework |
March 3 Exam 1 No homework HW6 due |
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March 6 Rectangular aperture and circular aperture Read: Ch10: 2 HW8: Ch10: 25,28,40 |
March 8 Resolution of imaging systems Read: Ch10: 2 HW8: Ch10: 42,46,49 |
March 10 Lab visit (CH111) HW7 due |
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March 20 Gratings-1 Read: Ch10: 2 HW9: Ch10:
55,56,59,66,68 |
March 22 Gratings-2 Read: Ch10: 2 No homework |
March 24 Fresnel zones-1 Read: Ch10: 3 HW9: Ch10:
69,70,71 HW8 due |
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March 27 Fresnel zones-2 Read: Ch10: 3 No homework |
March 29 Circular apertures Read: Ch10: 3 HW10: Ch10:
72,73,74,77,78 |
March 31 Fresnel zone plate Read: Ch10: 3 HW10:
Ch10: 79,80,81 HW9 due |
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April 3 Rectangular apertures Read: Ch10: 3 HW11: 82,83,85; Homework on lecture notes
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April 5 Cornu spiral-1 Read: Ch10: 3 HW11: Ch10: 91,92; Homework on lecture notes
(optional) |
April 7 Cornu spiral-2 Read: Ch10:3-4 No homework HW10 due |
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April 10 Kirchhoff’s scalar diffraction theory Read: Ch10:3-4 No homework |
April 12 Homework review No homework |
April 14 Exam 2 No homework HW11 due |
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April 17 Fourier transform-1 Read: Ch11:1-2 HW12: Ch11: 2,3 |
April 19 Fourier transform-2 Read: Ch11:1-2 No homework |
April 21 Dirac Delta function Read: Ch11:2 HW12: Ch11:
4,8,10,11,12,17 No homework due |
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April 24 Convolution theorem-1 Read: Ch11:3 HW13: Ch11:
18,24,27,28,29,34,35 |
April 26 Convolution theorem-2 Read: Ch11:3 No homework |
April 28 Fourier methods in diffraction theory-1 Read: Ch11:3 HW13: Ch11: 37,38,40 HW12 due |
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May 1 Fourier methods in diffraction theory-2 Read: Ch11:3 |
May 3 Spectra and correlation Read: Ch11:3 HW14: Ch11: 39,
49,50 |
May 5 Lab visit (CH111) No homework HW13 due |
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May 10 Final exam 10:00 – 11:50 am HW14 due |
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