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Week |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
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Classical Optics |
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1: Jan 18 / 20 |
The History and Nature of Light |
Geometric Optics |
| Smith Chap. 2 | ||
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2: Jan 25/ 27 |
Wave Motion |
Maxwell's Equations |
| Smith Ch. 4: 1-8, Pedrotti&Pedrotti Ch. 8 | Smith Ch. 5, Silfvast Ch. 2: 1-3 | |
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3: Feb 1 / 3 |
Polarization |
Interference and Superposition |
| Smith Ch. 6 | Smith Ch. 7, Pedrotti&Pedrotti Ch. 9 | |
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4: Feb 8 / 10 |
Fraunhofer Diffraction |
Fresnel Diffraction |
| Smith Ch. 7, Pedrotti&Pedrotti Ch. 10 | Smith Ch. 8 | |
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5: Feb 15 / 17 |
Interference by Beam Splitting Multi-layer films |
Project 1: Polarization |
| Smith Ch. 9 | ||
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Modern Optics |
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6: Feb 22 / 24 |
EXAM 1 |
Holography |
| Smith Ch. 19 | ||
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7: Mar 1 / 3 |
Coherence and Correlation |
The Particle Nature of Light/ The Energy Levels of Atoms |
| Smith Ch. 14 | Silfvast Ch. 3 | |
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8: Mar 8 / 10 |
Radiative Transitions Lifetimes, Linewidths |
Energy Levels of Solids and Semiconductors |
| Silfvast Ch. 4 | Silfvast Ch. 5 | |
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Spring Break
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Lasers |
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9: Mar 29 / 31 |
Conditions for Lasing |
Project 2: Holography |
| Smith Ch. 15, Silfvast Ch. 6:7 and 7 | ||
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10: Apr 5 / 7 |
Population Inversion |
EXAM 2 |
| Silfvast Ch. 7, 8 | ||
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11: Apr 12 / 14 |
Gaussian Optics |
Resonating Cavities |
| Silfvast Ch. 11, 12 | Silfvast Ch. 11, 12 | |
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12: Apr 19 / 21 |
Semiconductor Lasers |
Project 3: Cavity Modes |
| Smith Ch. 16, Silfvast Ch. 15:3 | ||
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13: Apr 26 / 28 |
Characterization of Lasers |
* Fiber Optics |
| Smith Ch. 17 | Student Presentations / Smith Ch. 18 | |
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14: May 3 / 5 |
* Ways of Detecting Light |
* Natural Optical Phenomena |
| Student Presentations / Smith Ch. 21 | Student Presentations / Smith Ch. 22 | |
The FINAL EXAM is Tuesday May 10 at 2 p.m.