PHY 431 Optics | Lecture Schedule and Notes

Fall Semester 2011 Schedule

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Date

Day

Topic

Reading & Notes/Slides

HW/Report Due

Laboratory

1

09/01/11

Thu

Introduction
Nature of Light

Syllabus, Slides: Introduction
Ch. 1-1 to Ch. 1-2

Beginning-of-Class Survey & Pledge

No Labs

2

09/06/11

Tue

Nature of Light

Ch. 1-3 to Ch. 1-4
Slides: Nature of light

HW#1a

L0: Introduction & Wave-Particle Duality of Light (demo)

09/08/11

Thu

Geometrical Optics:
Reflection and Refraction
(Snell’s law)

Ch. 2-1 to Ch. 2-8
Slides: Geometric Optics I

HW#1b

3

09/13/11

Tue

Geometrical Optics:
Spherical surfaces, Thin lens imaging

Ch. 2-9 to Ch. 2-11
Slides: Geometric Optis II

L1: Thin Lens

09/15/11

Thu

Geometrical Optics:

Mirror/Lens Imaing Examples w/ Partial Anwwers

Slides: Thin Lens Imaging Basics

Notes: Imaging Fromula & Thin Lens Combinaiton

(see also slides from 9/13/11 and in-class handouts)

HW#2

4

09/20/11

Tue

Optical Instrumentation:
Stops/Pupils and Camera.

Optical Instrumentation:
Microscope, Telescope

[skip prisms and eyepieces]

Ch. 3-1 to Ch. 3-7

Slides: Optical Instrumentation

Notes: Apertures/Stops

Notes: Microscope, Telescope, and Camera

Lab #1

(due in labs)

L2: Telescope and Microscope

09/22/11

Thu

Optical Instrumentation

HW#3

5

09/27/11

Tue

Dispersion, Prisms, and Aberrations

Ch. 3-2 & Chapter 20

Slides: Aberrations

Notes: Dispersion, Prisms, and Aberrations.

Lab #2

L3: Aberrations

09/29/11

Thu

Wave Equations

EM Waves

Ch. 4-1 to Ch. 4-10

HW#4

6

10/04/11

Tue

Polarization, Fresnel Equations
Production of Polarized Light

Chapter 14
Ch. 23-1, 23-2, & 23-4

Slides: EM Waves, Wave Equations, and Polarization

Lab #3

L4: Polarized Light

10/06/11

Thu

Midterm Review/Exercises

Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 14, & 15.

HW#5

7

10/11/11

Tue

Midterm Exam

No Labs

10/13/11

Thu

Superposition of Waves
Interference of Light

Ch. 5-1 to Ch. 5-4
Ch. 7-1 to Ch. 7-3

Group Projects

HW#6 =
MT Corrections

8

10/18/11

Tue

Interference of Light

Ch. 7-4 to Ch. 7-7

Lab #4

Project Choices

L5: Interference fringes & Newton’s rings

10/20/11

Thu

Optical Interferometry

Ch. 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, & 8-10
(skip Ch. 8-4 to 8-9)

HW#7

9

10/25/11

Tue

Coherence

Chapter 9
Ch. 5-5 (The beat phenomena)

Lab #5

L6: Michelson interferometer

10/27/11

Thu

Coherence and Interferometry

10

11/01/11

Tue

Fraunhofer Diffraction
Fresnel Diffraction

Chapter 11
Ch. 13-1 & 13-2

Slides: Introduction to Diffraction

Lab #6

L7: Diffraction slits and gratings

11/03/11

Thu

Fraunhofer Diffraction

Notes: Diffration and Fourier Optics

11

11/08/11

Tue

Holography/Fourier Optics

Chapter 16

HW#8, Lab #7

L8: Holograms

11/10/11

Thu

Fourier Optics

Chapter 21
Slides: Fraunhofer Diffraction/Fourier Optics

Slides (Optional): Summary of Fourier Series and Fourier Transform

12

11/15/11

Tue

Group Project Presentations

Schedule

L9:
A – Optical Trapping
B – Plank constant
C – Fourier Optics
D – Quantum Optics

Lab #9 is
due by 5 pm, 12/09/11
(submit a hard copy to 4238 BPS and email an electronic copy to cwlai@msu.edu )

11/17/11

Thu

Group Project Presentations

Lab #8

13

11/22/11

Tue

Canceled

11/24/11

Thu

Thanksgiving

Holiday

14

11/29/11

Tue

Optics of the Eye

HW#9

12/01/11

Thu

Optics of the Eye

Ch. 19

Ref: The Telescopic Eyes

Notes:

15

12/06/11

Tue

HW#10

12/08/11

Thu

Review

Review Slides

12/14/11

Wed

3:00-4:00pm

Review Session

16

12/15/11

Thu

Final Exam