Syllabus: Optics I, Phy431, Fall 2004
3 credits ( 2 hr lecture, 3 hr lab)
Prerequisites:
PHY 183A or PHY 184 or PHY 184B or PHY 234B or PHY 294H
PHY 192
PHY 215 or PHY 215B
Completion of Tier I writing requirement. Alias: PHY 331
Lenses, aberrations, apertures, and stops. Diffraction, interferometry, spectroscopy, fiber optics.
INSTRUCTORS:
Lectures: Carlo Piermarocchi, room 4263 Biomedical
& Physical Sciences, Telephone: 5-2231 Email: carlo@pa.msu.edu. Office hours:
Tuesday
Labs: Stuart Tessmer, room 4237 Biomedical & Physical Sciences, Telephone: 5-2210 Email: tessmer@pa.msu.edu. See labs syllabus for more details.
Text:
Optics, by E. Hecht, (Addison-Wesley)
Course Structure:
2 lectures per week in room 306
of the
Homepage:
http://www.pa.msu.edu/courses/current/PHY431/
Grading:
We will give out homework problems during the semester - 10 in total. There will be credit for the homework - normally problems should be handed on a Tuesday - problem sets will be available at least a week before they are due. There will be 10 homeworks altogether of which the best 8 will count at 10 points each towards your final grade. The first homework assignment is due on Tuesday 14 September in class.
Group Works:
Some special topics will be
covered as a group work. The groups are composed by 3 or 4 students and they
will give a presentation of about 20 minutes on the topic assigned. Every
member of the group will have to contribute to the presentation, and the grade
is individual. The groups will be formed by the instructor and are listed here. They topics and the dates of presentation are
·
Mirages and Green Flashes (Sept 16)
·
Fiber Optics (Sept 23)
·
The Eye and Eyeglasses (Sept 30)
·
The Rainbow (Oct 14)
·
The Photon (Oct 21)
·
Absorption, Emission, Scattering of Light (Oct 28)
·
Laser and Laserlight (Nov 4)
·
Holography (Nov 11)
·
Quantum Cryptography (Dec 2)
Midterm Exams:
There will be two midterm exams, on Thursday 7 October and on Thursday 18 November. You should bring a calculator and you may bring one page with anything written on both sides that you might find useful. If you miss either or both the midterms and provide a valid excuse (a written note from a doctor, dean etc.) your final exam will be multiplied by 1.75 if you miss one midterm, and by 2.5 if you miss both midterms.
Final Exam:
The final exam. will be on Thursday 16 December from 3:00pm until 5:00pm. The final exam. will cover everything we have done, but with a slight emphasis on the last third of the course. You should bring a calculator and you may bring a 3" x 5" card with anything written on both sides that you might find useful. You must take the final and if you miss it due to a valid excuse (see above) you will have to take a make-up, otherwise you will get a 0.0 for the course.
Optics Lab:
The lab. will be run by Stuart
Tessmer with help from TA's in room 1250 Biomedical & Physical Sciences.
The final grade on this course will be 40% on the lab. and 60% on the class.
The first lab. will be on September 20. There will be a total of 11
labs. See labs syllabus for details.
Please familiarize yourself with University policies concerning academic
integrity www.vps.msu.edu/SpLife/rule32.htm
as they will be applied.
Final Grades:
Grades are based on the following formula:
|
|
% |
|
First Midterm |
12 |
|
Second Midterm |
12 |
|
Group
Work |
10 |
|
Homework |
10 |
|
Final Exam |
16 |
|
Laboratory Total |
40 |
|
TOTAL |
100 |
The guaranteed scale may be lowered in your favor but not raised is:
|
Total point percentage |
Final grade
|
|
>93% |
4.0 |
|
88%-93% |
3.5 |
|
83%-88% |
3.0 |
|
78%-83% |
2.5 |
|
73%-78% |
2.0 |
|
68%-73% |
1.5 |
|
60%-68% |
1.0 |
|
<50% |
0.0 |