Schedule for Physics 303 Modern Optics (Spring 2005)

Week

Tuesday

Thursday

Classical Optics

1: Jan 18 / 20

The History and Nature
of Light

Geometric Optics

  Smith Chap. 2
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
3: Feb 1 / 3
Polarization
Interference and
Superposition
Smith Ch. 6 Smith Ch. 7, Pedrotti&Pedrotti Ch. 9

4: Feb 8 / 10

Fraunhofer Diffraction
Fresnel Diffraction
Smith Ch. 7, Pedrotti&Pedrotti Ch. 10 Smith Ch. 8
5: Feb 15 / 17
Interference by Beam Splitting
Multi-layer films
Project 1: Polarization
Smith Ch. 9  
Modern Optics
6: Feb 22 / 24
EXAM 1
Holography
Smith Ch. 19
7: Mar 1 / 3
Coherence and Correlation
The Particle Nature of Light/
The Energy Levels of Atoms
Smith Ch. 14 Silfvast Ch. 3
8: Mar 8 / 10
Radiative Transitions
Lifetimes, Linewidths
Energy Levels of Solids
and Semiconductors
Silfvast Ch. 4 Silfvast Ch. 5
Spring Break
Lasers
9: Mar 29 / 31
Conditions for Lasing
Project 2: Holography
Smith Ch. 15, Silfvast Ch. 6:7 and 7  
10: Apr 5 / 7
Population Inversion
EXAM 2
Silfvast Ch. 7, 8
11: Apr 12 / 14
Gaussian Optics
Resonating Cavities
Silfvast Ch. 11, 12 Silfvast Ch. 11, 12
12: Apr 19 / 21
Semiconductor Lasers
Project 3: Cavity Modes
Smith Ch. 16, Silfvast Ch. 15:3  
13: Apr 26 / 28
Characterization of Lasers
* Fiber Optics
Smith Ch. 17 Student Presentations / Smith Ch. 18
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.

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