Physics
375 - Fall 2008 - Prof. Hall - Sections 0101 and 0301 - Monday, Tuesday 2:00
pm - 5:50 pm |
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Week |
Date |
Lecture Topics |
Experiment |
Pre-lecture reading |
Homework Due |
Lab Report |
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(Pedrotti) |
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Due |
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1 |
1, 2 Sept |
Syllabus, Schedule, Error analysis, Waves |
Experiment # 0 Gaussian Beams |
(Chap. 1, 4-1 to 4-5) |
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2 |
8, 9 Sept |
Fermat's principle, Snell's Law, total internal reflection |
Experiment # 1 Reflection and Refraction |
2-0 to 2-5 and 3-3 |
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3 |
15, 16 Sept |
Imaging, spherical surfaces |
Experiment # 1 |
2-6 to 2-8 |
2 |
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4 |
22, 23 Sept |
Thin lenses, optical instruments, the eye |
Experiment # 2
Geometrical Optics |
2-9 to 2-10, 3-5 to 3-7, 19-3 to 19-5 |
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5 |
29, 30 Sept |
Waves in three dimensions, Polarized light, Malus' Law |
Experiment # 2 |
4-8 to 4-9, 15-1 |
3 |
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6 |
6, 7 Oct |
Brewster's angle, Fresnel equations |
Experiment # 3
Polarization of Light |
15-2 to 15-3, 23-1 |
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7 |
13, 14 Oct |
Two-beam
interference, Young's double slit exp, |
Experiment # 3 |
7-0 to 7-2 |
4 |
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8 |
20, 21 Oct |
Michelson interferometer, Coherence |
Experiment #
4 Michelson Interferometer |
8-1 to 8-2 |
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9 |
27, 28 Oct |
Fraunhofer Diffraction |
Experiment # 4 |
11-0 to 11-3 |
5 |
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10 |
3, 4 Nov |
Double slit diffraction, Babinet's principle |
Experiment # 5
Diffraction of Light |
11-4 to 11-5 |
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11 |
10, 11 Nov |
Diffraction gratings |
Experiment # 5 |
11-6, 12-0 to 12-4 |
6 |
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12 |
17, 18 Nov |
Light quanta, Einstein coefficients |
Experiment # 6 Atomic
Spectra |
6-0 to 6-1, 6-4 |
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13 |
24, 25 Nov |
Population inversion, Lasers |
Experiment # 6 |
6-5 to 6-7 |
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14 |
1, 2 Dec |
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Exam review |
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15 |
8, 9 Dec |
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Possible Final Exam |
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18-Dec |
Official Exam time: 10:30
am - 12:30 pm, for Tuesday section, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm for Monday section |
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