PHYS 330 - Optics Fall 2006

 

Objective:         Phys 330 Optics is intended to provide broad, intermediate-level coverage of the field of optics, establishing a solid foundation for further work or study.

 

Class Hours: Mon., Wed., and Fri. 12:40 – 1:30 PM
Location: MP 408

 

Instructor: Dmitri Tenne             email: dmitritenne@boisestate.edu

Office: MP 421                              Phone: 208-426-1633

Office Hours: Mon, Wed. 4-6 pm, or by appointment

 

Webpage: blackboard.boisestate.edu

Syllabus, lecture notes and homework assignments will be posted on the Blackboard.

 

Text:    E. Hecht, Optics, 4th edition, 2001. (3rd edition is an acceptable substitute). Lectures won’t follow the textbook for the entire course. The text has much more information than lectures.

 

Supplemental texts:

·        F. A. Jenkins and H. E White, Fundamentals of Optics

·        Matt Young, Optics and lasers

·        Grant R. Fowles, Introduction to Modern Optics

·        F. L Pedrotti, L. M Pedrotti, Introduction to Optics

·        J. R. Meyer-Arendt, Introduction to classical and modern optics

·        Born and Wolf, Principles of Optics  (advanced)

 

Course Outline:

I.                    Theory of electromagnetic waves

II.                 Geometrical (ray) optics,

III.               Superposition and interference. Diffraction. Coherence

IV.              Fourier Transform Methods

V.                 Polarization

VI.              Modern optics. Fiber optics, lasers and holography.

 

Prerequisites: MATH 333, PHYS 212

·        Familiarity with electromagnetism is expected, at the level of an introductory electromagnetism course.

·        Facility with basic vector calculus and matrix operations is required.

·        Also, we will be using complex numbers and Fourier transform techniques.
These methods will be briefly introduced in class. Please, let me know if you have no previous exposure to them and need additional help.

 

Grading:   A: 88 – 100% (A-: 88-89, A+: 99-100%)       B: 75 – 88% (B-: 75—77%, B+: 86-88%);
C: 60 – 75% (C-: 60-62%, C+: 73-75%);       D: 45 – 60%

Homework 20%;

In-class exams 15% each; Final exam: 35%

Homework

Assignments will be due weekly, usually on Mondays. There will be eleven homework assignments. (No homework on the first week and weeks of midterm exams.)

Students are encouraged to work together on assignments, although the final write-ups should be done independently. Your lowest score will be dropped.

Assignments are due at the beginning of class. Late assignments will be assessed a 10% penalty, and assignments turned in after the on-time assignments have been graded will not be accepted without prior approval.

 

Reading

The lecture notes will be posted online before class, and corresponding textbook chapters will be indicated. Students are strongly encouraged to read them in advance and bring up questions to be discussed in class.

 

Exams:

There will be three in-class exams and a final exam.

 

Academic honesty

Students are encouraged to:

But not allowed to:

·        discuss problems or questions during exams

Plagiarism (using someone else’s results or ideas without citing the source) will not be tolerated and will have severe consequences, including, but not limited to a failing grade for the course.

 

Physics 330 – Optics                                             Fall 2006 Tentative Course Schedule

No.

Date

Topic

Textbook chapter

Homework assignments

1

8/21

Overview; What is light? Waves (in general)

1,2

 

2

8/23

Electromagnetism, electromagnetic waves

3.1-3.3

 

3

8/25

Electromagnetic waves.

3.3-3.4

 

4

8/28

Light propagation through matter

3.5

 

5

8/30

Dipole radiation and scattering

3.4, 4.2

 

6

9/01

Transmission and index of refraction

4.2

Homework 1 due

 

9/04

Labor Day

 

 

7

9/06

Reflection and refraction. Fermat’s principle

4.3, 4.4

 

8

9/08

Fresnel equations

4.6

 

9

9/11

Reflectance and transmittance. Brewster’s angle. Total internal reflection.

4.7

Homework 2 due

10

9/13

Optical properties of metals

4.8

 

11

9/15

Exam 1

 

 

12

9/18

Ray optics I. Paraxial optics. Thin lenses.

5.2

 

13

9/20

Ray optics II. Finite imaging, lens systems, mirrors, apertures, prisms.

5.2-5.5

Homework 3 due

14

9/22

Fiber optics

5.6

 

15

9/25

Optical systems

5.7

 

16

9/27

Ray matrix method. Thick lenses.

6.1-6.2

Homework 4 due

 

9/29

Aberrations. Optical system design

6.3

 

17

10/02

Superposition of waves. Standing waves.

7.1

 

18

10/04

Superposition of waves of different frequency. Group velocity.

7.2

 

19

10/06

Fourier analysis

7.3-7.4

 

20

10/09

Exam 2

8.1.

Homework 5 due

21

10/11

Polarization of light. Polarizers, dichroism, birefringence, retarders

8.2-8.8

 

22

10/13

Optical activity. Faraday and Kerr effects.

8.10-8.11

 

23

10/16

Mathematical description of polarization

8.13

Homework 6 due

24

10/18

Interference

9.1-9.2

 

25

10/20

Interferometers. Applications of interferometry.

9.3-9.8

 

26

10/23

Huygens-Fresnel principle. Fraunhofer diffraction

10.1-10.2

Homework 7 due

27

10/25

Examples of diffraction. Diffraction grating.

10.2

 

28

10/27

Fresnel diffraction

10.3

 

29

10/30

More on diffraction

10.2-10.3

 

 

11/01

Exam 3

 

 

30

11/03

Fourier optics.

11.2

 

31

11/06

Gaussian beams.

11.2

Homework 8 due

32

11/08

Fourier approach in diffraction theory.

11.3.3

 

33

11/10

Basics of coherence theory

12.1

 

34

11/13

Temporal coherence

12.2-12-3

Homework 9 due

35

11/15

Spatial coherence

12.3

 

36

11/17

Lasers

13.1

 

 

11/20

Thanksgiving break

 

 

 

11/22

Thanksgiving break

 

 

 

11/24

Thanksgiving break

 

 

37

11/27

Imagery

13.2

Homework 10 due

38

11/29

Holography

13.3

 

39

12/1

Non-linear optics

13.4

 

40

12/4

Quantum nature of light. Photons

3.3

Homework 11 due

41

12/6

Quantum optics

3.7, 4.11, lecture notes

 

42

12/8

Review

 

 

 

12/11

Final exam week