Physics 471 - Winter 2008

Physics 471 - Winter Semester 2008

Introductory Information:

Instructor:  John Colton, N335 ESC, 422-3669. Office hrs: T Th 3-4 pm, in N335 ESC

Main TA: Ryan Tanner, quantumleap42@gmail.com. Lab/office hours: M 4-6 pm W 5-7 (changed!), in/near S415 ESC.

Other TA: Adam Hall, adam.h.mail@gmail.com. Lab/office hours: M 2-3 pm,  in/near S415 ESC.

Peatross & Ware Textbook website (including lab videos)

Syllabus

  • Optics syllabus
  • Change: I have decided not to cover section 7.7. So please change the reading assignment for Feb 29 to be just sections 7.5-7.6.
  • Change: There's a small change on dates on the syllabus. I will be out of town March 12 and March 14 instead of Mar 10 and Mar 12. We're going to switch the topics covered on the 10th and the 12th:
    • Mar 10: Topic = Review (Ch 5-8). No reading assignment.
    • Mar 12: Topic = Rays. Reading assignment is 9.1 - 9.3.
  • Some major changes to schedule for chapters 10 and 11. Note in particular the reading assignment changes!

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

March

17

Complex imaging

Reading: 9.7-9.8

18 End Exam 2

(late fee after 6 pm)

Homework 18

19

Aberrations

Reading: 9.9 

20 

Homework 19

21

Diffraction

Reading:10.1-10.4

24

Fraunhofer Approx. & Aperture functions

Reading: 10.5

25

Homework 20

26

Array Theorem, Gratings, Spectrometer

Reading: 11.6-11.8

27 

Homework 21

28

Cylindrical Apertures 

Reading: 10.6 & Bessel function handout

31

Diffraction through lens; Gaussian beams

Reading: 11.4-11.5 , 11.2

1

Homework 22

2Discontinuance deadline

Gaussian Beams, cont.

Reading: 11.3, 11.A

3

Homework 23

4 

Interferogram/Hologram

Reading:12.1-12.5

Quizzes

Quiz record sheet

Homework Assignments:

Special Reading Assignments:

Class Notes:

(Use at your own risk! They are not guaranteed and the handwritten ones were written for my benefit, not yours.)

start of post-exam 1 material:

start of post-exam 2 material:

Grades: