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Lecture 1

Introduction: What is light?, Maxwell's equations, photons. Hecht 1,3:1-3, 3:6.

Lecture 2

Geometrical optics, thin and thick lenses mirrors.

Hecht 5:1-5, 6:1.

Lecture will be over zoom

Exercise 1

Questions are posted on Canvas before the session. In addition to homework for the next session.

Lecture 3

Refractive index, dispersion, scattering, reflection, refraction, Fermat’s principle, total internal reflection, Goos-Hänchen shift, Fresnel’s equations, Brewster angle.

Hecht 3:5, 4:1-7.

Lecture 4

Optical systems: Fibers, human eye, microscope, telescope.

Hecht 5:6-7.

Exercise 2

Questions are posted on Canvas before the session. In addition to homework for the next session.

Lecture 5

Telescope, aberrations, optical tweezers, near-field optical microscope, resolution.

Hecht 5:7-8, 6:3, 10:2.6.

Moved to either 8:00-10:00 or 13:00-15:00

Lecture 6

Polarization, birefringence, Stokes vectors.

Hecht 8:1-6, 8:13.

Exercise 3

Questions are posted on Canvas before the session. In addition to homework for the next session.

Lecture 7

Polarisation, Stokes vectors, retarders, elasto-optic, magneto-optic and electro-optic effects, optical activity, LCD.

Hecht 8:7, 8:10-13.

Lecture 8

Jones vectors. Quantum entanglement, Bell measurement

Exercise 4

Questions are posted on Canvas before the session. In addition to homework for the next session.

Lecture 9

Interference, temporal and spatial coherence, double-slit experiment, Michelson interferometer.  Hecht 9:1-4

Lecture 10

Diffraction, single slit, double slit generalization to many slits, spectrometers 10:1-2

Exercise 5

Questions are posted on Canvas before the session. In addition to homework for the next session.

Answering questions from last session.

Lecture 11

Fourier optics. Hecht 10:2, 11:1-3.

Fabry-Perot interferometer. Hecht 9:6

Exercise 6

Questions are posted on Canvas before the session. In addition to homework for the next session.

Answering questions from last session.

Lecture 12

Holography, Michelson stellar interferometer.

Hecht 13:3, 12:5

Exercise 7

Questions are posted on Canvas before the session. In addition to homework for the next session.

Answering questions from last session.

Lecture 13

Photodetectors, slow light, superluminal light, metamaterials.

Hecht 7:2.2, 7:4 (p. 329-332), 3:5

Exercise 8

Questions are posted on Canvas before the session. In addition to homework for the next session.

Answering questions from last session.

Lecture 14

Solar energy