| week | date | lecture topic | text reading* | Review Problems |
tutorial | lab | WebAssign |
| 1 | Jan 07 |
Harmonic Oscill. | 14.1 to 14.5 |
14.10,16 |
Superposition & Reflection |
No lab 1st week | |
| Jan 09 |
More Oscillations |
14.6 to 14.8 |
14.60,69 |
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| Jan 11 |
Traveling Waves | 20.1 to 20.3a |
20.2 |
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| 2 | Jan 14 |
Waves on strings, sound, light |
20.3b to 20.5 |
20.22,52,62 |
Reflection & Transmission |
Simple Pendulum | |
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Jan 16 |
Power, Superposition |
20.6, 21.1 |
20.68;21.2 |
Set 1 Due 11:59 pm |
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| Jan 18 |
More Standing Waves | 21.2 to 21.4 | 21.10,20,40,49 |
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| 3 |
Jan 21 |
HOLIDAY |
2-Source Interference | Standing Waves | |||
| Jan 23 |
Interference |
21.5 to 21.7 | 21.22,26,72 |
Set 2 Due 11:59 pm | |||
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Jan 25 |
EXAM 1 |
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| 4 |
Jan 28 |
Beats & Doppler | 20.7 & 21.8 |
21.78;20.38 |
Wave Propagation of Light |
Sound in a Tube | |
| Jan 30 |
Maxwell's Equations (review) |
34.1 to 34.5 |
34.16,18,45 |
Set 3 Cancelled | |||
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Feb 01 |
EM Waves, Polarization |
34.6 to 34.8 |
34.22,28,48 |
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| 5 |
Feb 04 |
Wave Optics |
22.1 to 22.2 |
22.4,30 |
Multi-Slit Interference |
Diffraction & Interference | |
| Feb 06 |
Diffraction Gratings |
22.3 |
22.12,38 |
Set 4 Due 11:59 pm | |||
| Feb 08 |
Single Slit Diffraction |
22.4 |
22.18,28 |
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| 6 |
Feb 11 |
Raleigh Crit, Interferometers |
22.5 to 22.6 |
22.24,65 |
Diffraction |
Reflect. & Refrac. | |
| Feb 13 |
Ray Optics | 23.1 to 23.2 | 23.2,8,41 |
Set 5 Due 11:59 pm | |||
| Feb 15 |
EXAM 2 | |
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| 7 |
Feb 18 |
HOLIDAY |
Combined Interference
and Diffraction |
Curved Mirrors | |||
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Feb 20 |
Refraction & Dispersion |
23.3 to 23.5 |
23.16,52,24 |
Set 6 Due 11:59 pm | ||
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Feb 22 |
Images I |
23.6 |
23.28,43 |
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| 8 | Feb 25 |
Images II |
23.7 |
23.67,81 |
Light and Shadow |
Thin Lenses |
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Feb 27 |
Resolution |
22.5, 23.8 |
23.74,78,80 |
Set 7 Due 11:59 pm | ||
| Feb 29 |
Waves & Matter |
24.1 to 24.5 |
24.12,16,24,32 |
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| 9 | Mar 03 |
End of Classical Physics |
37.1 to 37.5 |
37.6,32 |
Physical vs. Geometric Optics | Grating & Spectroscopy |
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Mar 05 |
Review and Extension |
Set 8 Due 11:59 pm | ||||
| Mar 07 |
EXAM 3 |
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| 10 | Mar 10 |
Photoelectric Effect & Quanta | 38.1 to 38.4 | 38.2,3,10,38,49 |
Wave Properties of Matter | Make-up labs | |
| Mar 12 |
The Bohr Atom | 38.5 to 38.7 |
38.20,28,30 |
Set 9 Due 11:59 pm Thursday | |||
| Mar 14 |
Applications to the Real World
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| 11 | Mar 17 |
FINAL EXAM | 8:30-10:20 AM |
A102 |
* Readings taken from Physics for Scientists and Engineers, by R. D. Knight.