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Optics ( Physics 342) Syllabus

Professor Y.C. Chen

Room 1236 HN
Tel. (212) 772-4526

Text book : Introduction to Optics, Second Edition, by Frank L. Pedrotti, and Leno S. Pedrotti
Publisher: Prentice Hall

Chapters   1:   Nature of Light
                 3:   Geometrical Optics
                 6.   Optical Instrumentation
                 8:   Wave Equations
                 9:    Superposition of Waves
                10:   Interference of Light
                12:   Coherence
                13:   Holography
                15:   Production of Polarized LIght
                16:   Fraunhofer DIffraction
                18:   Fresnel Diffraction
                21:   Laser Basics

The course grade is based on the following (assuming that all the midterms are taken): homework 10%, midterms 50%, final 40%. There will be two midterms. Each will count for 25%. There will be no makeup midterms. If a student misses one midterm for a valid reason, the course grade will be based on the exams taken, with homework plus final still counting for 100% of the course grade.

The homework must be handed in one week after the chapter ended. They will be checked but not corrected. The solutions will then be handed out.

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