LECTURE SCHEDULE - Fall 2009

PHY 431 Calendar of Events

L	DATE	DAY	TOPICS	READING, HOMEWORK, LABS
1	Sep 3	Thu	Intro. to Optics
2	Sep 8	Tue	Wave motion	Hecht Ch. 2 (2.1-2.6) & Fowles Ch. 1 (1.1-1.5); Lecture Note #1 First Lab (Introduction/Demo)
3	Sep 10	Thu	Wave/Polarization	Hecht Ch. 4 (4.2-4.4) & Fowles Ch.2 (2.1-2.5); Lecture Note #2
4	Sep 15	Tue	Polarization	Hecht Ch. 4 (4.2-4.4) & Fowles Ch.2 (2.1-2.5); Lecture Note #3 Handout HW1; Lab1 (Polarization)
5	Sep 17	Thu	Reflection and refraction	Hecht Ch. 3 (3.4-3.6) & Fowles Ch. 2 (2.1-2.9); Lecture Note #4 Hecht Ch. 4 (4.5, 4.7) & Fowles Ch. 2 (2.10-2.11)
6	Sep 22	Tue	Geometrical optics	Hecht Ch. 5 (5.1-5.2); Lecture Note #5 Handout HW2; HW1 Due; Lab 2 (Thin Lens); Lab1 Due
7	Sep 24	Thu	Thin Lenses I	Hecht Ch. 5 (5.2); Fowles Ch. 10 (10.1) ; Lecture Note #6
8	Sep 29	Tue	Thin Lenses II	Hecht Ch. 5 (5.2); Fowles Ch. 10 (10.2); Java Applets: Optics Applets Handout HW3; HW2 Due;; Lab 3 (Abberations). Lab2 Due (Excluding laser beam divergence and expander).
9	Oct 1	Thu	Thin-Lens Combination	Hecht Ch. 5 (5.2);Fowles Ch. 10 (10.2-10.5); Lecture Note #8
10	Oct 6	Tue	Thick Lenses, Aberrations, Stops	Hecht Ch. 6 (6.1-6.3); Fowles Ch. 10 (10.2-10.5); Lecture Note #9 Handout HW4; HW3 Due; Lab 4 (Microscopes); Lab3 Due (Please include discussion on the laser beam expander if possible.)
11	Oct 8	Thu	Stops, Mirrors, and Prisms; Optical Systems I	Hecht Ch. 5 (5.3-5.5), Hecht Ch. 5.7 (5.7.4-5.7.7 Microscope, Camera, and Telescope); Lecture Note #10-11 (Thick Lens, Chromatic aberration, Stops, Microscope, Telescope, and Camera, etc.)
12	Oct 13	Tue	Optical Systems II	Hecht Ch. 5.7 (5.7.4-5.7.7 Microscope, Camera, and Telescope) Handout HW5; HW4 Due; No Labs,
13	Oct 15	Thu	Problem Solving	Midterm Review, Select Problems form Schaum's outlines Optics Ch. 1-5 Lab 4 Due in class! Questionnaire; Project Handout (Miterm II Project Outline/Topics)
14	Oct 20	Tue	Midterm Exam	Download Example Problems for Midterm Exam Midterm Review Slides
15	Oct 22	Thu	Review Exam
16	Oct 27	Tue	Telescope/Eyes	Hecht Ch. 5.7 (5.7.1-5.7.3); HW5 due;Lab 5 (Interferometer)
17	Oct 29	Thu	Eyes;	Notes on Human Eyes.
18	Nov 3	Tue	Coherence and Interference	Notes on Interference and Coherence. Hecht Ch. 9; Fowles Ch. 3 (3.1-3.9) ; HW6 Due; Lab 6 (Diffraction/Slits); Lab 5 due
19	Nov 5	Thu	Diffraction	Notes on Diffraction and Basic Fourier Optics Hecth Ch. 10 (10.1-10.2); Fowles Ch. 5 (5.1-5.4)
20	Nov 10	Tue	Diffraction, Fourier Optics	Hecht Ch. 11 (11.1-11.3); Fowles Ch. 5 (5.1-5.4, 5.6); See Hecht 13.2.1 & 13.2.3 for Lab 7 (Gratings/Spatial Filtering);
21	Nov 12	Thu	Fourier Optics/Diffraction	Hecht Ch. 13.3; Fowles Ch. 5.7; HW7 Due; Lab 6 due
22	Nov 17	Tue	Spatial Filtering, Gratings, Lens,	Lab 8 (Interference Fringes/Newton Ring)
23	Nov 19	Thu	Project Talks I	Midterm II Schedule ; Example Presentations from 2008 Midterm II Presentations 2009
24	Nov 24	Tue	Project Talks II	HW8 Due; No Labs; Lab 7-8 (in one report) due.
	Nov 26	Thu	Thanksgiving	Holiday
25	Dec 1	Tue	Gaussian Beam; Holography;	Gaussian Beam Optics Notes Hecht Ch. 13.1-13.2; Fowles Ch. 9 (9.1-9.4) HW9 Due; Lab 9 (Holography: Reference Book Chapters)
26	Dec 3	Thu	Optical force, (Fibers)	Ch. 5 (5.6) Optical Fibers Notes
27	Dec 8	Tue	Term Review	Optical Force/Radiation Pressure, Radaition Sources, & Laser Pointers. HW10 due Lab 10 (Optical Traping: Reference Paper); Lab 9 due
28	Dec 10	Thu	Term Review	Select Problems form Schaum's outlines Optics Ch. 6 to Ch. 8 Lab 10 Due (Friday 4 pm, BPS 4238)
	Dec 16		Final Exam	Final Exam Topics Final Review Slides Final Exam Example Problems