PHYS 424/524: Classical and Modern Optics: News

This document will be updated throughout the course.


Fri Mar 18 13:00:16 PST 2005
Grades now posted online in the private location I emailed you earlier in the term. Your final exams are available from me (I should be around after 4 pm or so today). Also, Lecture 26 notes now posted online. Final exam solutions also reposted to include an example of the result of 4(b).
Thu Mar 17 15:18:34 PST 2005
The final exam and the final exam solutions are now posted online.
Mon Mar 14 12:45:13 PST 2005
Note that the review session is today, Monday, 14 March 2005, at 6 pm in the Oregon Center for Optics conference room (room 240 Willamette).
Thu Mar 10 02:16:52 PST 2005
Remaining homeworks and solutions posted online, along with the study guide for the final exam. I also reposted Homework 6 solutions to fix a bug in the Mathematica notebook: this affects the calculated optical frequency and the saturation intensity, but nothing else.
Sat Mar 5 23:54:41 PST 2005
Homework 9 posted online. Also, Homework 7 and Homework 8 reposted with corrections (for the sake of posterity).
Sat Mar 5 03:57:34 PST 2005
Lecture 22, Lecture 23, Lecture 24, and Lecture 25 notes posted online.
Mon Feb 28 21:30:19 PST 2005
I've posted your midterm feedback with comments online. Also, Homework 8 is now posted online.
Fri Feb 25 14:36:03 PST 2005
Lecture 20 and Lecture 21 notes posted online.
Thu Feb 24 22:57:32 PST 2005
Lecture 18 and Lecture 19 notes posted online. Also, a supplementary Mathematica notebook on dielectric interfaces is posted online.
Mon Feb 21 21:07:11 PST 2005
Homework 6 solutions and Homework 7 now posted on homework page.
Wed Feb 16 23:04:01 PST 2005
Lecture 15 notes reposted online to fix a typo(?) on page 51: in the last equation for dN2/dt, the rates A32 and A31 should be A21 and A20, respectively.
Tue Feb 15 14:00:39 PST 2005
Homework 6 posted again with correction to the expression for the photon lifetime at the end of Problem 3.
Tue Feb 15 12:55:09 PST 2005
Lecture 16 and Lecture 17 notes posted online. Also, Midterm Exam, Midterm Exam key, and Homework 5 key posted online.
Fri Feb 11 14:44:00 PST 2005
Homework 6 posted with corrections I mentioned in class and Homework 4 key posted online.
Fri Feb 11 12:53:36 PST 2005
Lecture 14 and Lecture 15 notes posted online.
Fri Feb 4 01:10:41 PST 2005
The study guide for the midterm exam is now posted on the notes page; note update to time and place to the syllabus on the main page. Also, Lecture 13 notes, Homework 5, and Homework 3 Solutions posted online.
Tue Feb 1 15:10:18 PST 2005
Correction to Lecture 10 notes on p. 36 example. That should have said r1,22=99%; previously the exponent of 2 was missing. Corrected version is now posted online.
Tue Feb 1 13:39:30 PST 2005
Minor correction to Homework 4; Lecture 11 and Lecture 12 notes posted online
Fri Jan 28 12:29:54 PST 2005
Lecture 10 notes posted online.
Wed Jan 26 20:59:58 PST 2005
Lecture 7 reposted with correction: factor of 2h on p. 28 was missing a square root.
Mon Jan 24 14:19:19 PST 2005
Lecture 8 and Lecture 9 notes posted online; Homework 2 Solutions posted online; Homework 4 posted online.
Wed Jan 19 15:38:22 PST 2005
Lecture 6 and Lecture 7 notes posted online.
Wed Jan 19 02:04:03 PST 2005
Syllabus schedule updated on main page; Homework 1 Solutions posted online; Homework 3 posted online. Note also homework policy change on main page: homework will be accepted until 5 pm on due date without penalty.
Fri Jan 14 02:08:42 PST 2005
Note change to office hours on main page: office hour on Wednesdays pushed back 1 hour to 3-4 pm. Also, Lecture 4 and Lecture 5 notes posted online.
Fri Jan 14 02:08:42 PST 2005
Homework 2 posted again with corrections: in 6(a) E0 may be assumed real to simplify things; in 6(c) the Poynting vector should be in the x-direction, not the z-direction. Also, the Melles-Griot catalogs have arrived, please stop by my office to pick one up.
Wed Jan 12 15:18:12 PST 2005
Homework 2 now online; minor correction posted to Lecture 3 notes (erroneous exponent of 2 removed from round-trip ABCD matrix expression).
Mon Jan 10 19:12:19 PST 2005
Online copies of first week reading posted on the notes page.
Fri Jan 7 12:06:37 PST 2005
Lecture 3 notes now available.
Wed Jan 5 01:29:59 PST 2005
Lecture 2 notes now available.
Tue Jan 4 01:22:00 PST 2005
Homework 1 now online; Lecture 1 notes now available.