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general |
class meets on MW from 11:15 to 12:05 pm in SW102
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weekly activities |
Click on the number of the week to get information on the topics of the week, the homework assignements, and other things... There will be no class on the dates shown in red. Exams are shown in green. |
| Week | Dates | Activity |
| 1 | Jan 16/17/18 | basics, waves, complex numbers, E&M, radiation |
| 2 | Jan 23/24/25 | EM waves in matter, scattering, Huygens' and Fermat's principles |
| 3 | Jan 30/31 Feb 1 | Fresnel equations |
| 4 | Feb 6/7/8 | metals, colors, matrix optics |
| 5 | Feb 13/14/15 | matrix optics (cont'd), Exam 1: Feb 15 |
| 6 | Feb 20/21/22 | stops, mirrors, prisms, superposition, polarization |
| 7 | Feb 27/28 Mar 1 | birefringence, retarders, optical activity |
| 8 | Mar 6/7/8 | beats, group velocity, Fourier series |
| .. | Mar 13/14/15 | spring break |
| 9 | Mar 20/21/22 | interference |
| 10 | Mar 27/28/ 29 | interference, Exam 2: Mar 29 |
| 11 | Apr 3/4/5 | Data analysis, Fourier series, Diffraction, |
| 12 | Apr 10/11/12 | Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction |
| 13 | Apr 17/18/19 | Fiber optics; Einstein coefficients |
| 14 | Apr 24/25/26 | lasers; photometry; rainbows, halos and the green flash |
| 15 | May 5 | Final Exam (Friday 7:15 - 8:15 pm) |