LECT.
| DATE
| DAY
| TOPICS
| CHAPTER
| READING
| REMARKS
|
1 | 1/15
| TH | Introduction, Basic Laws of Geometrical Optics
| 3 | 1, 3-1, 3-2
| -- |
2 | 1/20
| T | Basic Concepts in Imaging, Plane Surface
| 3 | 24-1, 24-2, 24-3
| -- |
3 | 1/22
| TH | Refraction and Reflection at a Spherical Surface
| 3 | --
| -- |
4 | 1/27
| T | Imaging by a Single Spherical Surface, Thin Lenses
| 3 | --
| -- |
5 | 1/29
| TH | Combination of Coaxial Spherical Surfaces
| 3 | --
| -- |
6 | 2/3
| T | Matrix Methods
| 4 | 4-11
| HW-1 due |
7 | 2/5
| TH | Stops, Pupils, and Windows
| 6-1 | --
| -- |
8 | 2/10
| T | Aberrations
| 5 | --
| -- |
9 | 2/12
| TH | Optical Instruments I
| 6, 7 | 6-2, 7-5
| -- |
10 | 2/17
| T | Optical Instruments II
| 6 | 6-4, 6-5, 6-6
| HW-2 due |
11 | 2/19
| TH | Exam I
| -- | --
| -- |
12 | 2/24
| T | Wave Equations and Superposition of Waves
| 8, 9 | --
| -- |
13 | 2/26
| TH | Interference I, Coherence
| 10, 12 | --
| -- |
14 | 3/3
| T | Interference II
| 10 | 10-7
| -- |
15 | 3/5
| TH | Interferometers I
| 11 | 11-2, 11-3
| -- |
X | 3/10
| T | Spring Break
| -- | --
| -- |
X | 3/12
| TH | Spring Break
| -- | --
| -- |
16 | 3/17
| T | Interferometers II
| 11 | --
| HW-3 due |
17 | 3/19
| TH | Fraunhofer Diffraction I
| 16 | 18-1, 18-2, 18-3
| -- |
18 | 3/24
| T | Fraunhofer Diffraction II
| 16 | --
| -- |
19 | 3/26
| TH | Fraunhofer Diffraction III, the Diffraction Grating
| 16, 17 | 17-1, 17-2, 17-5, 17-6, 17-9
| -- |
20 | 3/31
| T | Fresnel Diffraction
| 18 | 18-7, 18-8, 18-9, 18-10
| HW-4 due |
21 | 4/2
| TH | Exam II
| -- | --
| -- |
22 | 4/7
| T | Fourier Optics
| 25 | --
| -- |
23 | 4/9
| TH | Holography
| 13 | --
| -- |
24 | 4/14
| T | Polarization I
| 15 | --
| HW-5 due |
25 | 4/16
| TH | Polarization II
| 15 | --
| -- |
26 | 4/21
| T | Polarization III
| 15 | --
| -- |
27 | 4/23
| TH | Fresnel Equations
| 20 | --
| -- |
28 | 4/28
| T | Multilayer Films
| 19 | --
| HW-6 due |
29 | 4/30
| TH | Summary and Review
| -- | --
| -- |
-- | 5/5
| T | Final Exam
| -- | --
| 7:45 - 9:45 a.m. |