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HW # Topics Due Date
1a Register Mastering Physics & Practice Q's 2011-09-06
1b

Nature of Light

Hints: Davisson-Germer Experiment (mentioned in p. 4, Pedrotti^3)

2011-09-08
2 Geometric Optics - Snell's law, Reflection, and Refraction 2011-09-15
3 Geometric Optics - Thin lens imaging 2011-09-22
4 Optical Instrumentation 2011-09-29
5 Wave Equations & Polarization 2011-10-06
6 Midterm Corrections 2011-10-13
7 Interference and Coherence 2011-10-20
8 Diffraction 2011-10-27
9

Paper-based HW#9

Solutions for selected problems

2011-12-01
10

Paper-based HW#10

Solutions for selected problems

2011-12-08