Physics 375 

Exam tentatively scheduled for Monday (12/4) or Wednesday (12/6)

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Experimental Physics III
Optics

Fall 2006

Sections 0101 - Monday, and

0201 - Wednesday

Instructor: Prof. Steven Anlage

Teaching Assistants: Christopher Eling (Monday) and Jordan Horowitz (Wednesday)  
                		cteling "at" physics.umd.edu
horowitz "at" umd.edu
   
Teaching Labs Coordinators: Mr. Allen R. Monroe
  Mr. Tom Baldwin

Syllabus           Schedule   Vernier Scale Applet  

Notes on Error Analysis        NIST Notes on Uncertainty
Guidelines for Written Lab Reports      Prof. Anlage Schedule    LoggerPro Web Site
Logger Pro 3 Quick Reference Manual      Geometrical Optics Review     Polarization Review

Michelson Interferometer Comments      Mathematica Code to Fit Diffraction Patterns  ++  diffraction data

Diffraction Review      Atomic Spectroscopy Background Information

Experiments  
    0 Gaussian Beam  
    1 Refraction  
    2 Geometrical Optics   
    3 Polarization
    4 Michelson Interferometer  

    5 Diffraction

  6 Atomic Spectra
  

 

 Mathematica Notebooks
Mathematica Tutorial
    General Data Handling, Plotting, and Linear Regression
    Nonlinear Regression
    Reading in Data from ACQUIRE
    Fourier Transforms
    Fitting Diffraction Data
 
  Homework Assignments
      Homework #1        
      Homework #2        
      Homework #3        
      Homework #4        
      Homework #5        
 

    Homework #6       

   

 
Questions, comments or suggestions can be sent to anlage "at" umd.edu

CMPS  Department of Physics  University of Maryland