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Week Date Lecture Reading Lab Homework
1
Monday
8/28/2017
Geometric Optics, Fermat's Principle Hecht 4.3-4.5    

HW #1 Due:9/6/2017. Hecht 4.19, 4.32,
5.5

Tuesday
8/29/2017
    No lab  
Wednesday
8/30/2017
Thin Lenses  Hecht 5.1-5.2 No lab  
Thursday
8/31/2017
       
Friday
9/1/2017
       
2
Monday
9/4/2017
Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday
9/5/2017
    Lab #1: Telescope or Aberrations  
Wednesday
9/6/2017
Extended Images, Magnification Hecht 5.2-5.4 Lab #1, cont.  

HW #2 Due:9/13/2017. Hecht 5.6, 5.7,
5.9, 5.36, 5.39

Thursday
9/7/2017
       
Friday
9/8/2017
       
3
Monday
9/11/2017
Multi-Lens Systems, the Compound Microscope Hecht 5.7  

Tuesday
9/12/2017
    Lab #2: Aberrations or Telescope  
Wednesday
9/13/2017
Matrix Methods, Aberrations Hecht 6.1-6.3 Lab #2, cont. HW #3; Due 09/20/2017
Thursday
9/14/2017
       
Friday
9/15/2017
       
4
Monday
9/18/2017
Wave Mechanics, Superposition, Spherical Waves Hecht 2.1-2.8    
Tuesday
9/19/2017
    Lab: Your choice  
Wednesday
9/20/2017
Maxwell's Equations, Electromagnetic Waves Hecht 3.1-3.2 Lab: Your choice HW #4 Due: 9/27/2017 11:59pm
Thursday
9/21/2017
       
Friday
9/22/2017
       
5
Monday
9/25/2017
Energy and Momentum in Wave Mechanics Hecht 3.3    
Tuesday
9/26/2017
    Lab: Your choice  
Wednesday
9/27/2017
Radiation Hecht 3.4-3.5 Lab: Your choice HW #5 Due:10/04/2017 at 11:59pm
Thursday
9/28/2017
       
Friday
9/29/2017
       
6
Monday
10/2/2017
Light in Matter, the Refractive Index, Optical Dispersion
     
Tuesday
10/3/2017
    Lab: Your choice  
Wednesday
10/4/2017
Rayleigh Scattering, Larmor Fomula, the Blue Sky Hecht 3.5 Lab: Your choice HW #6 Due:10/11/2017 at 11:59pm
Thursday
10/5/2017
       
Friday
10/6/2017
       
7
Monday
10/9/2017
Reflection from an Interface, Fresnel Formulas Hecht 4.1, 4.2, 4.6    
Tuesday
10/10/2017
    Lab: Your choice  
Wednesday
10/11/2017
Fourier Analysis, Wave Packets Hecht 7.1-7.4 Lab: Your choice HW #7 Due:10/18/2017 at 11:59pm
Thursday
10/12/2017
       
Friday
10/13/2017
       
8
Monday
10/16/2017
Polarization, Optical Birefringence Hecht 8.1-8.4    
Tuesday
10/17/2017
    Lab: Your choice  
Wednesday
10/18/2017
Creating Polarized Light Hecht 8.4, 8.5, 8.6 Lab: Your choice There is no homework. Exam preparation week.
Thursday
10/19/2017
       
Friday
10/20/2017
       
9
Monday
10/23/2017
Phase Retarders, Stokes Parameters Hecht 8.5, 8.6, 8.13    
Tuesday
10/24/2017
    No lab  
Wednesday
10/25/2017
Midterm Exam and Solutions   No lab HW #8 Due:11/01/2017 at 11:59pm
Thursday
10/26/2017
       
Friday
10/27/2017
       
10
Monday
10/30/2017
Young's Interference, the Michelson Interferometer Hecht 9.1-9.4    
Tuesday
10/31/2017
    Lab: Your choice  
Wednesday
11/1/2017
Thin film interference, the Fabry-Perot Interferometer Hecht 9.1-9.5 Lab: Your choice HW #9
Due:11/08/2017 at 11:59pm
Thursday
11/2/2017
       
Friday
11/3/2017
       
11
Monday
11/6/2017
Fabry-Perot Interferometer (continued) Hecht 9.6-9.8    
Tuesday
11/7/2017
    Lab: Your choice  
Wednesday
11/8/2017
Kirchhoff Theory, Fraunhofer Diffraction Hecht 10.1, 10.2, 10.4 Lab: Your choice HW #10 Due:11/15/2017
Thursday
11/9/2017
       
Friday
11/10/2017
       
12
Monday
11/13/2017
No lecture      
Tuesday
11/14/2017
    Lab: Your choice  
Wednesday
11/15/2017
Nonlinear Optics (guest lecturer) Hecht 13.4 Lab: Your choice HW #11 Due:11/29/2017
Thursday
11/16/2017
       
Friday
11/17/2017
       
13
Monday
11/20/2017
Fall break
14
Monday
11/27/2017
Fresnel Diffraction, the Zone Plate Hecht 10.3  
Tuesday
11/28/2017
       
Wednesday
11/29/2017
Fourier Methods in Diffraction Hecht 11.1-11.3   HW #12 Due:12/07/2017 at 9:30 am
Thursday
11/30/2017
       
Friday
12/1/2017
       
15
Monday
12/4/2017
Partial Coherence Hecht 13.1    
Tuesday
12/5/2017
       
Wednesday
12/6/2017
Energy Quantization, Photons Hecht 13.1; 13.1.1   HW #13 Due:12/13/2017
Thursday
12/7/2017
       
Friday
12/8/2017
       
16
Monday
12/11/2017
Lasers Hecht 13.1.2; 13.1.3; 13.1.4    
Tuesday
12/12/2017
       
Wednesday
12/13/2017
Holography Hecht 13.3    
Thursday
12/14/2017
Reading Day
Friday
12/15/2017
       
17
Tuesday
12/19/2017
Final Exam Loomis 136; Start time 1:30 pm; End time 4:30 pm