University of Maryland

Physics 375 - Experimental Physics III - Optics

Profs. Skuja and Hall

Fall 2014

• Course Syllabus
  
• Schedule
• Guidelines for lab notebooks and reports
• ***Final Exam***
• Will be held on Thursday December 18 from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm in PHYS 1410.
• Exam questions will be similar to the homework questions and the calculations that you have performed in your data analysis this semester.
• You will need a calculator.
• This formula sheet will be provided to you with the exam.
  
• Labs
  • Lab 0 - Matlab
  • Lab 1 - Reflection and Refraction
  • Lab 2 - Geometric Optics
  • Lab 3 - Polarization
  • Lab 4 - Michelson Interferometer
  • Lab 5 - Diffraction
  • Lab 6 - Atomic Spectra
• Lecture Notes
• Lecture 1- Uncertainties, waves.
• Lecture 2 - Reflection and refraction.
• Lecture 3 - Imaging, Mirror Equation.
• Lecture 4 - Correlated Errors, Thin Lenses
• Lecture 5 - Wave in three dimensions
• Lecture 6 - Polarization, Brewster's angle.
• Lecture 7 - Two beam interference.
• Lecture 8 - Michelson interferometer.
• Lecture 9 - Single slit diffraction.
• Lecture 10 - Multiple slit diffraction.
• Lecture 11 - Multiple slit diffraction and diffraction gratings.
• Lecture 12 - Diffraction grating and atomic sources.
• Invention of the diffraction grating by Fraunhofer.
  
• Homework assignments
  • Homework #1 - due Monday September 15.
  • Homework #2 - due Monday September 22.
  • Homework #3 - due Monday October 6th. See lecture notes for definition of the normal near point and lens power.
  • Homework #4 - due Monday October 20th. 
  • Homework #5 and Homework #6  (note that the linked pdf file has two pages!) - due Monday November 17th.