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Optics project for extra credit
Tue 03Nov2015 9:46PMThe project consists of individual study of a Modern Optics topic of your choice, preparation of a Power-point summary, and an oral in-class presentation to be given starting on November 20th.The projects will be graded on a per-effort basis, i.e. based on how much you have learned, how far and deep you have gone beyond the textbook, etc. Each student coming to the presentations will get a chance to score the other students’ projects.
Points available: 80 points total (up to 30 points for document preparation, and up to 50 points for in-class presentation)
What you need to do:
Choose a Modern Optics topic, or sub-topic from the list below or other topics of interest to you.
Inform the instructor via email of your plan to prepare a project as soon as possible, but no later than November 13.
Obtain approval of your topic from the instructor and a tentative date of the presentation.
Prepare and submit your project electronically to omalis@purdue.edu before the presentation.
Present your project in class and answer questions from the audience (12 min. presentation, including questions period).
The following is a short list of possible Modern Optics topics. You can pick any sub-topic from each general topic and be as specific as you want. You can also pick an Optics topic covered earlier in the semester and examine it at an advanced level. Think about what yourself and your audience would like to hear about.
Lasers, Holography, Nonlinear optics, Ultrafast optics, Photonic crystals and metamaterials, Optics for X-rays, Optics of tomography or other medical imaging ….
Exam 2, Monday, November 2nd, 2015
Mon 26Oct2015 8:24AMReview session on Friday, Oct. 30th, 2015, in class
Open book review. Bring formula sheet, scientific calculator, book, notes, etc.
Exam 2: Monday, Nov. 2nd, 2015, in class
Closed book exam, Material covered: Hecht Ch. 2-9.3 (material covered in lectures up to and including lecture no. 24)
Bring ID, formula sheet (1 letter-size piece of paper, both sides), scientific calculator, pen/pencil
Exam 1, Friday, October 2nd, 2015
Thu 24Sep2015 11:36AMExam 1 and Review session
Exam 1: Friday, October 2, 2015, in class
Closed book exam, Material covered: Hecht Ch. 2-5.2
Bring ID, formula sheet (1 letter-size piece of paper, one side), scientific calculator, pen/pencil
Review session on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, in class
Bring formula sheet, scientific calculator, book, notes, etc.
New grader information
Thu 03Sep2015 8:11AMName : Abhilash Reddy Kalam.
Email: akalam@purdue.edu
Office: PHYS 007
Office Hours: Tue 10:00AM to 11:00AM and Fri 11:30AM to 12:30PM.
Mail Box: 143.
Welcome to PHYS322
Wed 12Aug2015 10:05AMOptics, the science of light, is a pillar of modern Physics and Engineering. This semester we will cover a bewildering variety of topics, old and new, necessary to understand fundamental natural processes and man-made technologies. The course may stretch your limits at times. But if you share my excitement for learning and put in the effort, you will come out at the end more knowledgeable, smarter, and maybe even wiser.