Optics

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ATTENTION: the class has been moved to ST 126

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Course information

Course information sheet

Official program

Preliminary syllabus

Textbook [Optics (4th Edition) by Eugene Hecht]

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Homeworks

Homework 1 (due 28.01.08) Solutions

Homework 2 (due 13.02.08) Solutions

Homework 3 (due 27.02.08) Solutions

Homework 4 (due 12.03.08) [Problem 4.6 cancelled] Solutions

Homework 5 (due 26.03.08) Solutions

Homework 6 (due 16.04.08) Solutions

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Exams

Midterm (29.02.08) Solutions

Final (24.04.08) Solutions

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Laboratory experiments

Reflection and refraction

The Fresnel equations and Brewster's law

Thin lenses and optical instruments

Michaelson interferometer

Fizeau bands

Fraunhofer diffraction

Resolution of the microscope

Polarization Engineering

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Homeworks 2007

Homework 1 (due 22.01.07)

Homework 2 (due 05.02.07)

Homework 3 (due 28.02.07)

Homework 4 (due 14.03.07)

Homework 5 (due 28.03.07)

Homework 6 (due 13.04.07)

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Exams 2007

Midterm (02.03.07) Solutions

Final (23.04.07). Solutions

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Instructor: Dr. Alex Lvovsky

Group home page: http://qis.ucalgary.ca/quantech/
Personal home page: http://qis.ucalgary.ca/~lvov/
E-mail: lvov(at)ucalgary.ca
Telephone: 403 220 4124
Fax: 403 289 3331
Office: Science B 319

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Grader: Geoff Campbell

E-mail: gcampbell(at)qis.ucalgary.ca
Telephone: 403 220 8931
Office: Science B 318