Physics 375 - Fall 2007 - Prof. Hall - Section 0301 - Tuesday 2:00 pm - 5:50 pm

Week

Date

Lecture Topics

Experiment

Pre-lecture reading

Homework Due

Lab Report

(Pedrotti)

Due

1

4-Sep

Syllabus, Schedule, Error analysis, Waves

Experiment # 0 Gaussian Beams

(Chap. 1, 4-1 to 4-5)

2

11-Sep

Fermat's principle, Snell's Law, total internal reflection

Experiment # 1 Reflection and Refraction

2-0 to 2-5 and 3-3

1

3

18-Sep

Imaging, spherical surfaces

Experiment # 1

2-6 to 2-8

2

4

25-Sep

Thin lenses, optical instruments, the eye

Experiment # 2  Geometrical Optics

2-9 to 2-10, 3-5 to 3-7, 19-3 to 19-5

1

5

2-Oct

Waves in three dimensions, Polarized light, Malus' Law

Experiment # 2

4-8 to 4-9, 15-1

3

6

9-Oct

Brewster's angle, Fresnel equations

Experiment # 3  Polarization of Light

15-2 to 15-3, 23-1

2

7

16-Oct

Two-beam interference, Young's double slit exp,

Experiment # 3

7-0 to 7-2

4

8

23-Oct

Michelson interferometer, Coherence

Experiment # 4  Michelson Interferometer

8-1 to 8-2

3

9

30-Oct

Fraunhofer Diffraction

Experiment # 4

11-0 to 11-3

5

10

6-Nov

Double slit diffraction, Babinet's principle

Experiment # 5  Diffraction of Light

11-4 to 11-5

4

11

13-Nov

Diffraction gratings

Experiment # 5

11-6, 12-0 to 12-4

6

12

20-Nov

Light quanta, Einstein coefficients

Experiment # 6  Atomic Spectra

6-0 to 6-1, 6-4

5

13

27-Nov

Population inversion, Lasers

Experiment # 6

6-5 to 6-7

7

14

4-Dec

Exam review

6

15

11-Dec

Final Exam