PHYSICS 434: Optics

Winter 2018 Calendar

Subject to Change!!
Class Date Subject Assigned Reading
# ORANGE = optional
Part I: E&M Review, Light Propagation
1 Tues, Jan 9 Introduction; Waves Review Ch. 1 & 2
2 Thur, Jan 11 E&M Review, Light Propagation Ch. 3.2, 3.5
3 Tues, Jan 16 Lorentz Model, Scattering Ch. 4.1, 4.2
4 Thur, Jan 18 Reflection, Refraction; PS #1 DUE Ch. 4.3, 4.4, 4.5
5 Tues, Jan 23 Huygen, Fermat, The E&M Approach, Ch. 4.6-4.7
6 Thur, Jan 25 Fresnel’s Equations; PS #2 DUE 4.8, 4.10; 4.9, 4.11
Part II: Geometric Optics
7 Tues, Jan 30 Intro to Lenses, Mirrors, Imaging Ch. 5.1, 5.2, 5.4; 5.3
8 Thur, Feb 1 Optical Systems Ch. 5.7; 5.6, 5.8, 5.9
9 Tues, Feb 6 Matrix Methods; PS #3 DUE Ch. 6.1, 6.2
10 Thur, Feb 8 Aberrations; Video Topic Due Ch. 6.3, 6.4, 6.5
Part III: Superposition, Polarization, Interference
11 Tues, Feb 13 Superposition of Waves; PS #4 DUE Ch. 7.1, 7.2
12 Thur, Feb 15 Fourier Series, Coherence Ch. 7.3, 7.4
13 Tues, Feb 20 Polarization; PS #5 DUE Ch. 8.1-8.3
14 Thur, Feb 22 MIDTERM EXAM Chapters 2-7
15 Tues, Feb 27 Birefringence, Scattering, Reflection; Demo Day! Ch. 8.4-8.8; 8.9
16 Thur, Mar 1 Polarizers, Retarders, Optical Activity; PS #6 DUE Ch. 8.10-8.13; 8.11
…Reading Week…
17 Tues, Mar 13 Interference, Fabry Perot Ch. 9.1-9.6
18 Thur, Mar 15 Multilayer Films, Matrix Methods; PS #7 DUE Ch. 9.7-9.8
Part IV: Diffraction, Fourier Optics, & Modern Optics
19 Tues, Mar 20 GUEST: Diffraction Through Slits Ch. 10.1
20 Thur, Mar 22 Fraunhoffer Diffraction, Resolution; PS #8 DUE Ch. 10.2
21 Tues, Mar 27 GUEST: Fresnel Diffraction Ch. 10.3
22 Thur, Mar 29 Fourier Optics; PS #9 DUE Ch. 11
23 Tues, Apr 3 Student Video Presentations I
24 Thur, Apr 5 Student Video Presentations II
25 Tues, Apr 10 Imaging in Linear Systems, Spatial Filtering, Phase Ch. 13
Contrast; OPTIONAL PROJECT PAPERS DUE
26 Thur, Apr 12 Gaussian Beams, Lens Transformations; Ch. 13
PS #10 DUE; Evaluations
TBD FINAL EXAM Chapters 2-11,13