PH353 HomeworkAssignments

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Topic
Problems**
Due Date***
1
Wave motion
 Chapter 2: 1,4,11,13,17,22,26,34,41 Weds., Sept. 1st.
2
Electromagnetic Waves
 Chapter 3: 1, 4, 10, 20 Weds., Sept. 8th.
3
Electromagnetic Waves
 Chapter 3: 30, 31, 32, 37, 40, 49 Weds., Sept. 15th.
4
Propagation of Light
 Chapter 4: 5, 9, 12, 16, 21, 24, 53  Weds., Sept. 22nd.
5
Geometrical Optics
 Chapter 5: 2(see 1), 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17 Weds., Sept. 29nd.
6
Geometrical Optics
 Chapter 5: 28 (c.f. lab), 32, 37, 38, 40, 52, 57
Solutions will be posted by Sat., 2nd. Oct.		 Weds., Oct. 6th.
Hand in homework as usual.
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Exam I
Chapters 2-5. 
11:00-11:50, 
Weds., Oct. 6th.
7
Exam I Material
 Exam I - all problems Fri., Oct 15th.
8
Superposition of Waves
 Chapter 7: 1, 6, 8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 28 Weds., Oct 20th.
9
Fourier Series, Bandwidth
 Chapter 7: 29, 34, 35, 36, 42 Weds., Oct 27th.
10
Interference
 Chapter 9: 4, 5, 7, 8, 19, 21 Weds., Nov. 3rd.
11
Interference
 Chapter 9: 23, 24, 27, 32, 34, 38, 42, 44 Weds., Nov. 10th.
12
Fraunhofer Diffraction
 Chapter 10: 1, 6, 8, 12 Weds., Nov. 17th.
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Exam II
 Chapters 7, 9, 10 (thro' 10.2.3). 11:00-11:50,
Fri., Nov. 19th.
13
 Diffraction/Gratings
 Chapter 10: 25, 27, 28, 29, 33, 38, 41 Weds., Dec. 1st.
14
 Fresnel Diffraction
 Chapter 10: 45, 46, 48, 49, 54 Weds., Dec. 8th.
Final Exam
 09:10-11:10
Thurs., Dec. 16th.
*    Click on the assignment # to get the solutions once they are posted. Note that many problems have
            solutions at the end of the text book.
**   Problems are taken from Optics 3rd. ed. by E. Hecht, unless otherwise specified.
*** Late homework will not be accepted.

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