PHYS 545: Contemporary Optics

Spring Quarter 2010

T-Th, 7:00-8:50 pm
A-114 Physics-Astronomy Building (PAB)
4 credits
R. Jeffrey Wilkes,
Young Memorial Professor of Physics
Office: B303 PAB
Phone: (206) 543-4232
e-mail: wilkes@u.washington.edu  
Mailbox: in Physics Department office (C121 PAB)

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MS students and GNMs: register through UW Extension, to get registration forms contact Michele Colyn, Program Coordinator, 206-543-9975, mcolyn@extn.washington.edu
Students in other graduate programs, or undergraduates (with permission): register through MyUW, SLN 16938.

Textbook: Pedrotti and Pedrotti, Introduction to Optics, 2007 (3rd) edition.
After the first meeting, this will be a paperless course - no handouts. All needed materials will be posted here. Please print out and bring to class copies of lab handouts.
  1. Course information
  2. Syllabus (preliminary - but will be finalized at end of 1st week)
  3. Books "on reserve" at Physics Library (library hours are now too limited, so not actually on the reserve shelf)
  4. Lecture notes (will appear here within a day or 2 after class)
  5. Lab handouts
  6. Programs for ray optics
  7. Suggested problem sets
  8. Solution sheets for problem sets (and exam)

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Fabry-Perot interferometer: performance vs reflectivity

 

last updated: 04/16/2010

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