Physics 375 - Fall 2008 - Prof. Hall - Sections 0101 and 0301 - Monday, Tuesday 2:00 pm - 5:50 pm

Week

Date

Lecture Topics

Experiment

Pre-lecture reading

Homework Due

Lab Report

(Pedrotti)

Due

1

1, 2 Sept

Syllabus, Schedule, Error analysis, Waves

Experiment # 0 Gaussian Beams

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

2

8, 9 Sept

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

Experiment # 1 Reflection and Refraction

2-0 to 2-5 and 3-3

1

3

15, 16 Sept

Imaging, spherical surfaces

Experiment # 1

2-6 to 2-8

2

4

22, 23 Sept

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

29, 30 Sept

Waves in three dimensions, Polarized light, Malus' Law

Experiment # 2

4-8 to 4-9, 15-1

3

6

6, 7 Oct

Brewster's angle, Fresnel equations

Experiment # 3  Polarization of Light

15-2 to 15-3, 23-1

2

7

13, 14 Oct

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

Experiment # 3

7-0 to 7-2

4

8

20, 21 Oct

Michelson interferometer, Coherence

Experiment # 4  Michelson Interferometer

8-1 to 8-2

3

9

27, 28 Oct

Fraunhofer Diffraction

Experiment # 4

11-0 to 11-3

5

10

3, 4 Nov

Double slit diffraction, Babinet's principle

Experiment # 5  Diffraction of Light

11-4 to 11-5

4

11

10, 11 Nov

Diffraction gratings

Experiment # 5

11-6, 12-0 to 12-4

6

12

17, 18 Nov

Light quanta, Einstein coefficients

Experiment # 6  Atomic Spectra

6-0 to 6-1, 6-4

5

13

24, 25 Nov

Population inversion, Lasers

Experiment # 6

6-5 to 6-7

7

14

1, 2 Dec

Exam review

6

15

8, 9 Dec

Possible Final Exam

18-Dec

Official Exam time: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm, for Tuesday section, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm for Monday section