Date 1/22 W 1/24 F 1/29 W 1/31 F 2/5 W 2/7 F 2/12 W 2/14 F 2/19 W 2/21 Th 2/26 W 2/28 F 3/5 W 3/7

F 3/12 W 3/14 F 3/19 W 3/21 F 4/2 W 4/4 F 4/9 W 4/11 F 4/16 W 4/18 F 4/23 W 4/25 F 4/30 W 5/2 F 5/13 !

Topic

Reading

Assignments

Introduction, waves and phasors Ch.2 Maxwells equations Ch. 3.1.1-3.3.2 Polarization I Ch.8.1.1-8.1.3 Polarization II Ch. 8.2, 8.7, 8.8 Waves at Boundaries Ch. 8.6, Ch. 3-3.5.1 Standing waves and beating 7-7.2 (optional) Quiz 1 + Lasers Geometric optics I: ray optics Ch. 4.3-4.7 Geometric optics II: imaging Ch. 5.1-5.4 Geometric optics III: microscopy Ch. 6.1-6.3 Geometric optics IV: aberrations Quiz 2 + Interference Interference and diffraction Ch. 9.1-9.4 Fourier and Fraunhofer diffraction Ch. 10.1-10.2 Fresnel diffraction and Digital Holography Ch. 10.3-10.3.6 X-ray optics Gratings and Talbot effect Quiz 3 + Fourier optics intro 3/24-3/28 Spring break Lenses and 2f systems Ch. 11.3.3 Spatial filtering and 4f systems Resolution, MTF, OTF Ch. 12.1-12.3 Coherence theory Quiz 4 + Waveguides Fiber optics and integrated optics Ch. 13-13.1.2 3D imaging and displays Holography Ch. 13.3 Project presentations Project presentations Final exam (8-11AM)

HW #1 due

HW#2 due 2/22 lab

HW#3 due

HW#4 due Project topic due

HW#5 due

Projects due