PHYS 651: Introduction to Optics

News
It is the time for the final! See my review notes and your current grades online !
Syllabus for
PHYS 651: Introduction to Optics
 
0.1 Instructor
Zenghu Chang
Associate Professor, Department of Physics
e-mail: chang@phys.ksu.edu
Phone: (785) 532-1621
Room: 330

Office Hour: by appointment
Lecture: M and W 2:30 at CW146, home work due every Friday 2:30
Lab: F 2:30 at JRM lab, Report due Wednesday the following week

0.2 Grade Allocations

  • Home work: 1/4
  • Lab: 1/4
  • Quiz scores: 1/4
  • Final exam: 1/4

Late turn in of home work and lab reports are not accepted except very special cases.

0.3 Text book

Optics, by E. Hecht,
4th edition, Addison Wesley.

0.4 Chapters to be covered

Chapter 5 Geometrical Optics
First Quiz
Chapter 3 Electromagnetic Theory, Photons and Light
Chapter 7 The Superposition of Waves
Chapter 4 The Propagation of Light
Chapter 8 Polarization
Second Quiz on 11/15/02
Chapter 9 Interference
Final review
Final Exam 12/17/02, 4:10-6.00pm, room 146
 
Return to Zenghu Chang's page.