| SYLLABUS | PHYSICS 123 A & C Spring 2000 | ||||
| Date | to read before class | HW due | Tentative Topics | Tutorial | |
| Week 1 | SUPERPOSITION AND REFLECTION | ||||
| M | 27-Mar | 15.1-15.3 | HARMONIC OSCILLATIONS | OF PULSES | |
| W | 29-Mar | 15.4-15.6 | SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION | ||
| F | 31-Mar | 19.1-19.3 | MECHANICAL WAVES | ||
| Week 2 | REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION | ||||
| M | 3-Apr | 19.4-19.6 | WAVE SPEED; POWER & INTENSITY | ||
| W | 5-Apr | 19.7-19.8 | 1 | SUPERPOSITION AND INTERFERENCE | |
| F | 7-Apr | 19.9-19.10 | STANDING WAVES & RESONANCE | ||
| Week 3 | PROPAGATION AND REFRACTION | ||||
| M | 10-Apr | 20.1-20.3 | SOUND WAVES | OF PERIODIC WAVES | |
| W | 12-Apr | 20.4-20.6 | 2 | STANDING WAVES | |
| F | 14-Apr | - | EXAM 1 | ||
| Week 4 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES | ||||
| M | 17-Apr | 20.7 | DOPPLER EFFECT | ||
| W | 19-Apr | 40.1-40.3 | 3 | MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS | |
| F | 21-Apr | 41.1-41.2 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM | ||
| Week 5 | LIGHT AND SHADOW | ||||
| M | 24-Apr | 41.3-41.4 | EM WAVES | ||
| W | 26-Apr | 42.1-42.3 | 4 | LIGHT | |
| F | 28-Apr | 43.1-43.3 | REFLECTION AND REFRACTION | ||
| Week 6 | TWO SOURCE INTERFERENCE | ||||
| M | 1-May | 43.4-43.6 | PLANE MIRRORS | ||
| W | 3-May | 44.1-44.3 | 5 | SPHERICAL MIRRORS & LENSES | |
| F | 5-May | - | EXAM 2 | ||
| Week 7 | WAVE PROPERTIES OF LIGHT | ||||
| M | 8-May | 44.4 | COMPOUND OPTICAL SYSTEMS | ||
| W | 10-May | 45.1-45.2 | 6 | INTERFERENCE | |
| F | 12-May | 45.3-45.4 | INTENSITY; THIN FILM INTERFERENCE | ||
| Week 8 | MULTIPLE-SLIT INTERFERENCE | ||||
| M | 15-May | 46.1-46.2 | DIFFRACTION | ||
| W | 17-May | 46.3-46.5 | 7 | COMBINED INTERFERENCE & DIFFRACTION | |
| F | 19-May | 47.1-47.2 | DIFFRACTION GRATINGS | ||
| Week 9 | SINGLE-SLIT DIFFRACTION | ||||
| M | 22-May | 48.1-48.3 | POLARIZATION | ||
| W | 24-May | 49.4-49.5 | 8 | PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT | |
| F | 26-May | - | EXAM 3 | ||
| Week 10 | DEBROGLIE | ||||
| M | 29-May | - | HOLIDAY | ||
| W | 31-May | 50.1-50.3 | 9 | WAVE NATURE OF MATTER | |
| F | 2-Jun | - | REVIEW | ||
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