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Fysik och Skolteknik

FY3083 (Optics)

Kursplanen Course syllabus
This course will be given in English and Swedish on the Växjö campus, and in Swedish as a distance learning course.

Introduction meetings:
  • Campus: Monday August 31, 2009 15:15-17:00, D0043 (Fermi)

Textbook for the course: "Optics" by Eugene Hecht

Kursansvarig: Pieter Kuiper
In case of questions: e-mail pieter.kuiper@vxu.se , tel. 0470-708108.

Lectures:

Schedule: Mondays 15:15-17:00; laboratory exercises not determined yet.
  • Aug 31: Ch. 4.1-5 Propagation, scattering, refraction; Assignment 1 (hint)
  • Sept. 7: Ch. 4.6-8 Fresnel equations, metals; problems 4.5, 15, 19, 29, 32, 37, 50, 67, 77.
  • Sept. 14: Ch. 5.1-5 Lenses, prisms; problems 5.6, 12, 18, 24, 37, 39, 48.
  • Sept. 18: 15:00 exercises
  • Sept. 21: Ch. 5.6-8 Fiberoptics, systems, wavefront shaping.
  • Sept. 28: Ch. 8 Polarization; handout of polarizers and retarders for home lab; problem 8.7, 8, 16, 29, 32, 42, 50.
  • Oct. 2: 13:15 - Looking through prolarizers at scattering from the sky and at reflections; cordierite; effect of retarder plates.
  • Oct. 5: Ch. 7 Superposition; probl 7.3, 7, 14, 16, 20;
    Ch.9 Interference; probl 9.3, 8, 14, 27, 32, 34, 36.
  • Oct. 12: Ch. 10 Diffraction, probl 10.3, 8, 13, 25, 30, 36, 40.

Exam

Friday October 30, 14:00 Ð 19:00; you need to register here. Second exam: Saturday November 21, 9:00 - 14:00; you need to register here. Allowed ruler, calculator, Hecht or any books about optics, any dictionaries, any notes.


Matematiska och systemtekniska institutionen
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