PHYS375 - Schedule- Spring 2009
Secs. 0201 (M) & 0301 (Tu)

Modified 4/20/09

Week
Dates
Reading (Ch)
Lecturea
Lab # b
1
1/26/09
1/27/09

1, 6-7,
27-1 to 27-4

Syllabus, Schedule, Housekeeping,
Overview of Light, Laser Beams, Error Analysis

Lab 0:
Gaussian Beams

2 2/2/09
2/3/09
2-1 to 2-5,
3-3
Fermat's Principle, Reflection and Refraction Lab 1:
Reflection and Refraction
3 2/9/09
2/10/09 
2-6 to 2-8 Imaging, Ideal Imaging Surface and Spherical Approximation Lab 1
4 2/16/09
2/17/09 
2-9, 2-10,
3-5 to 3-7,
18
19-3 to 19-5
Lenses, Optical Instruments Lab 2:
Geometrical Optics
5 2/23/09
2/24/09 

4-1 to 4-9,
14

15-1

Waves in 1- and 3-Dimensions, Polarization Lab 2
6 3/2/09
3/3/09 
15-2 to 15-6,
23-1 to 23-7
Fresnel Equations and the Effects of Polarization Lab 3:
Polarization of Light
7 3/9/09
3/10/09 
5-1 to 5-6,
7-1 to 7-4, 7-9
9-1 to 9-6
Superposition, Interference and Coherence Lab #
8 3/16/09
3/17/09 
  Spring Break No Lab
9 3/23/09
3/24/09 
8-1 to 8-6 Lab Tour Makeup
10 3/30/09
3/31/09 
11-1 to 11-3 Interferometers: Michelson, Mach Zhender Lab 4:
Michelson Interferometer
11 4/6/09
4/7/09 
  Diffraction, Fraunhofer Lab 4
12 4/13/09
4/14/09 
11-4, 11-5 Babinet's Principle, Fresnel Diffraction Lab 5:
Diffraction of Light
13 4/20/09
4/21/09 
11-6,
12-1 to 12-5
Multiple-Slit Diffraction, Diffraction Grating and Spectrometers Lab 5
14 4/27/09
4/28/09 
6-1, 6-4 Photons, Stimulated and Spontaneous Emission Lab 6:
Atomic Spectra
15 5/4/09
5/5/09 
6-5, 6-6, 6-8
Lasers Lab 6
16 5/11/09
5/12/09 
  FINAL (Written & in Lab)  
  5/13/09   Makeup  

                 a Check the Calendar or Announcements in ELMS for homework assignments and due dates.   
                 b Click on "Lab #" to download the lab procedure.