Physics 130

Waves and Optics

Meet: Monday, Thursday 1:25-2:40pm

Location: BP-217

Labs: Friday 1:30-4:00

Location: N-202

 

Instructor: Professor Arshad Kudrolli

Office: BP-242

Phone: 508 793 7752

Email: akudrolli@clarku.edu

Office hours: Thursday 11am-noon

 

TA: Fan Xiao, fxiao@clarku.edu

 

Textbook: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, R. A. Serway and J. W. Jewett, Sixth Edition

Pre-requisites: Two semesters of Introductory Physics and Calculus

 

Course Webpage: http://physics.clarku.edu/courses/130/Physics_130.htm

 

Topics:

Simple harmonic motion, wave motion, sound waves, superposition of waves, light, laws of geometric optics, interference, diffraction and polarization.

 

Tentative Schedule:

Week

Dates

Chapter

HW

Comments

1

Aug. 28, 31

15

HW#1: Chapter 15: 6, 14, 20, 22, 33, 55, 61, 71

 

2

Sept. 7

15

HW#2: Chapter 15: 25, 29, 43, 46, 49, 57, 65, 72, 75

Lab 1

3

11, 14

16

HW#3: Chapter 16: 4, 10, 15, 24, 50

 

4

18, 21

16

HW#4: Chapter 16: 16, 26, 32, 38, 49, 59, 63,68

Lab 2

5

25, 28

17

HW#5: Chapter 17: 4,9,16,29, 36,38,45,55

 

6

Oct. 2, 5

18

HW#6: Chapter 17: 42, 49, 59, 64

Lab 3 1st Exam on 5th

7

12

18

HW#7: Chapter 18: 2, 5, 8, 12, 17, 24, 28, 34, 35, 47

Mid term break

8

16, 19

34

HW#8: Chapter 18: 38, 41, 50, 52, 57, 59. Chapt. 34: 5, 10

20th Friday 2:15PM Special class seminar

9

23, 26

34

HW#9: Chapter 34: 14, 18, 22, 54. Chapter 35: 3, 7, 18, 24

Lab 4

10

30, Nov. 2

35

HW#10: Chapter 35: 30, 35, 40, 42, 51, 55, 63, 67

Lab 5

11

6, 9

35

HW#11: Chapter 36: 12, 13, 15, 19

Exam 2: 9th

12

13, 16

36

HW#12: Chapter 36: 24, 27, 33, 39, 44, 48, 55, 64, 71, 76

Lab 6

13

20

36

 

 

14

27, 30

37

HW#13: Chapter 37: 5, 14, 19, 33, 39, 50, 54, 59, 68

Lab 7

15

Dec. 4, 7

37, 38

HW#14: Chapter 38: 9, 17, 30, 54, 56

Due on 5th.

Exam 3: 4th

16

11

38

 

Help Session Monday 6pm-7:30pm

Take home final exam: Thursday

 

 

 

 

 

 

Labs:

Lab 1

Harmonic motion

Lab 2

Standing waves

Lab3

Speed of Light

Lab 4

Lenses and Telescopes

Lab 5

Interference I

Lab 6

Interference II

Lab 7

Diffraction, Polarized light

Grading:
Three One Hour Exams: 10% each
Final Exam: 25%
Homework: 20%
Labs: 25%

Last modified: 12/4/2006