| Week 1 | Thursday, August 21 | |
Introductions, Read Chapter 1 "A Brief History" for Monday |
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| Week 2 | Monday, August 25 | Thursday, August 28 |
| History of Optics/Wave Motion Read/Take notes on Chapter 2, sections 1-5 for Thursday in class - discussed chapt 1, chapt 2 sect 1. |
Wave Motion |
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| Week 3 | Monday, September 1 | Thursday, September 4 |
| Wave Motion Read Chapt 2 section 7 & 8 for this class period HW Set 2 Chapter 2, 2.27,2.41,2.42 Due Thursday September 4 |
in class - finish Chapter 2, start
Chapter 3 Read Chapt 3 sections 3.1 and 3.2 for Monday |
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| Week 4 | Monday, September 8 | Thursday, September 11 |
| HW Set 3 Chapter 3, 3.7 Due Thursday September 11 Read Chapter 3 sections 3,4,5 and 6 by Thursday NOTE: This is alot of reading... |
re-read sections 3.4.4 and
3.5 for Monday HW Set 4 3.10,3.24,3.26,3.34,3.36 Due Thursday September 18 |
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| Week 5 | Monday, September 15 | Thursday, September 18 |
| cover sections 3.4.4 | cover sections 3.5 HW Set 5 3.16, 3.41, 3.53, 3.58, plus fill in the steps for plugging in the form of the solution of the DE to find the amplitude of x as in eq. 3.65. Due Thursday September 25 |
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| Week 6 | Monday, September 22 | Thursday, September 25 |
| Read Chapter 4 sections 1 and 2 (~10 pages) | Read Chapter 4 section 3 (plus you should have read sections 1 and 2) | |
| Week 7 | Monday, September 29 | Thursday, October 2 |
Reading Days - No class HW Set 6 |
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| Week 8 | Monday, October 6 | Thursday, October 9 |
| Have read Chapter 4 sections 4, 5, and 4.6.1 and 4.6.2, We will discuss section 4.6 Monday. | Have read Chapter 4 section
4.6.3 |
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| Week 9 | Monday, October 13 | Thursday, October 16 |
| HW Set 7 4.63, 4.71, 4.74 Due Thursday October 16 - postponed until Friday |
Have read Chapter 4 4.7 & 4.9 | |
| Week 10 | Monday, October 20 | Thursday, October 23 |
| wrap up of material for test I | Test
I on Chapters 1-4 (material after 4.7.1 not included) 1 standard size page of handwritten information may be used |
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| Week 11 | Monday, October 27 | Thursday, October 30 |
| in class discuss
test and start Chapt 5 pick topic for paper/project by today |
have read Chapt
5 intro, 5.1, and 5.6 and 7.1 (note that this
is a long section, not just an introduction....) class let out early for Hubble Space Telescope Talk Chapt 5/7 Turn in problem 2 on test for HW HW Set 8 5.72,5.74 Due Friday October 31 HW Set 9 in Pedrotti 9-6 in Hecht 7-6,7-7,7-13,7-17,7-20,7-31 Due Thursday November 6 Last three problems due Monday Nov 10 |
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| Week 12 | Monday, November 3 | Thursday, November 6 |
| in class Chapt
7 |
in class Chapt
7 |
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| Week 13 | Monday, November 10 | Thursday, November 13 |
| Chapt 8 Quick Quiz on chapt 7 and on reading assignment in chapt 8. plus reading assignment Chapter 8, 8.1 |
Chapt 8 reading sections 2 and 3 and the intro to section 4 on birefringence plus section 8.7.1 also covered parts of other sections in text started Chapt 9 on Interference HW Set 11 8.7,8.13 Due Monday November 17 |
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| Week 14 | Monday, November 17 | Thursday, November 20 |
| more Chapt 9 Read sect. 1 and 2 of chapt 9 HW Set 12 9.1,9.3,9.6 Due Monday December 1 |
Closed book test
available Wednesday evening, due by 5 pm Friday Students are allowed one page of hand written information Test includes material up to and including Monday's info. Instructor away at conference |
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| Week 15 | Monday, November 24 | Thursday, November 27 |
| Thanksgiving | Thanksgiving | |
| Week 16 | Monday, December 1 | Thursday, December 4 |
| finish up interference | Laser basics | |