PHY 431: Optics I

Fall Semester 2001

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:
Please come to my office any time - if the door is open and I am not with someone - please come in.

Course homepage
http://www.pa.msu.edu/courses/current/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 to 4:40pm
Room 109 Physics & Astronomy Building

LAB 2:
Wednesday  6:00pm to 8:50pm
Room 109 Physics & Astronomy Building

LAB 3:
Wednesday  9:10am to 12:00
Room 109 Physics & Astronomy Building
 

  COURSE DESCRIPTION

  LECTURE SCHEDULE

  HANDOUTS, HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS & SOLUTIONS

  LECTURES - GRADES TO DATE

  LABORATORY SCHEDULE

 LABS - GRADES TO DATE

  STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHS

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: 12%; Midterm exam II: 12%; Final exam: 24%; Lab: 29%; Homework: 24%.

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