PHY 431: Optics I

Current Semester (Fall 2000)

LECTURER: Professor Michael F. Thorpe

OFFICE:

Room 204 Physics and Astronomy Building

Tel.: 355-9279
e-mail: thorpe@pa.msu.edu

Lectures:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:00pm - 3:50 pm
Room 317 Physics & Astronomy Building

OFFICE HOURS:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:20-11:10 am (after the lectures); or by appointment

Course homepage
http://www.pa.msu.edu/courses/2000fall/PHY431/

LAB COORDINATOR: Professor Michael F. Thorpe

OFFICE:

Room 204 Physics and Astronomy Building

Tel.: 355-9279
e-mail: thorpe@pa.msu.edu

LAB 1:
Wednesday  1:50pm  - 4:40pm
Room 109 Physics & Astronomy Building

LAB 2:
Wednesday  6:30pm  - 9:20pm
Room 109 Physics & Astronomy Building

  COURSE DESCRIPTION

  LECTURE SCHEDULE

  HANDOUTS, HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS & SOLUTIONS

  Lectures - Grades to date

  LABORATORY SCHEDULE

  STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHS

  Labs - Grades to date

TEXT BOOK: Introduction to Optics, Second Edition

by Frank L. Pedrotti, S.J. and Leno S. Pedrotti

Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1993

PREREQUISITES:
algebra, plane geometry, trigonometry, complex numbers, calculus

GRADING CRITERIA:
Midterm exam I: 11%; Midterm exam II: 11%; Final exam: 22%; Lab: 33%; Homework: 22%.