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Dates |
Reading (Ch) |
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| 1 |
1/27/10 |
1, 6-7, 27-1 to 27-4 |
Syllabus, Schedule, Housekeeping, |
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| 2 | 2/3/10 | 2-1 to 2-5, 3-3 |
Fermat's Principle, Reflection and Refraction | Lab
1: Reflection and Refraction |
| 3 | 2/10/10 | 2-6 to 2-8 | Imaging, Ideal Imaging Surface and Spherical Approximation | Lab 1 |
| 4 | 2/17/10 | 2-9, 2-10, 3-5 to 3-7, 18 19-3 to 19-5 |
Lenses, Optical Instruments | Lab
2: Geometrical Optics |
| 5 | 2/24/10 | 4-1 to 4-9, |
Waves in 1- and 3-Dimensions, Polarization | Lab 2 |
| 6 | 3/3/10 | 15-2 to 15-6, 23-1 to 23-7 |
Fresnel Equations and the Effects of Polarization | Lab
3: Polarization of Light |
| 7 | 3/10/10 | 5-1 to 5-6, 7-1 to 7-4, 7-9 9-1 to 9-6 |
Superposition, Interference and Coherence | Lab 3 |
| 8 | 3/17/10 | Spring Break | No Lab | |
| 9 | 3/24/10 | 8-1 to 8-6 | Interferometers: Michelson, Mach Zhender |
Lab 4: Michelson Interfrometer |
| 10 | 3/31/10 | 11-1 to 11-3 | Diffraction, Fraunhofer | Lab 4 |
| 11 | 4/7/10 | 11-4, 11-5 | Babinet's Principle, Fresnel Diffraction | Lab
5: Diffraction of Light |
| 12 | 4/14/10 | 11-6, 12-1 to 12-5 |
Multiple-Slit Diffraction, Diffraction Grating and Spectrometers | Lab 5 |
| 13 | 4/21/10 | 6-1, 6-4 | Photons, Stimulated and Spontaneous Emission | Lab
6: Atomic Spectra |
| 14 | 4/28/10 | 6-5, 6-6, 6-8 | Lasers | Lab 6: |
| 15 | 5/5/10 | FINAL (Written & in Lab) | ||
| 16 | 5/12/10 | Makeup |
a Check the
Calendar or Announcements in ELMS for homework assignments and due dates.
b Click on "Lab
#" to download the lab procedure.