| Tue Jan. 08 | Historic Background |
| Thu Jan. 10 | Origin of Ligh, Photon concept |
| Tue Jan. 15 | Wave motion and propagation |
| Thu Jan. 17 | Electromagnetic Waves |
| Tue Jan. 22 | Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Homework Assignment #1 due! |
| Thu Jan. 24 | Boundary conditions on interfaces |
| Tue Jan. 29 | Reflection and refraction of EM waves Homework Assignment #2 due! |
| Thu Jan. 31 | Reflection and refraction of EM waves |
| Tue Feb. 05 | Test I |
| Thu Feb. 07 | Reflection and refraction of EM waves |
| Tue Feb. 12 | Interaction of light with matter |
| Thu Feb. 14 | Interaction of light with matter |
| Tue Feb. 19 | Geometrical Optics Homework Assignment #3 due! |
| Thu Feb. 21 | Geometrical Optics |
| Tue Feb. 26 | Geometrical Optics |
| Thu Feb. 28 | Test II |
| March 01 - 11 | Spring Break |
| Tue March 12 | Matrix formula of Ray optics |
| Thu March 14 | Ray Aberrations | (pdf-file: 108 KB) |
| Tue March 19 | Polarization | (pdf-file: 2 MB) |
| Thu March 21 | Polarization |
| Tue March 26 | Interference Homework Assignment #4 due! |
| Thu March 28 | Interference in thin films |
| Tue April 02 | Diffraction |
| Thu April 04 | Fourier Optics: Mathematics | (pdf-file: 760 KB) |
| Tue April 09 | Test III |
| Thu April 11 | Fourier transform techniques / Applications |
| Tue April 16 | Coherence Theory |
| Thu April 18 | Principles of Lasers, Light sources, Photo detector |
| Tue April 23 | Spectroscopic Materials Characterization Homework Assig. #5 due! |
| Thu April 25 | Fiber optics & Optical Communication |
| Tue April 30 | Review of covered material |
| Thu May 02 | Final Test |
| Tue May 07 | Return Tests / Dismiss Class |
Physics 3800 - Course Schedule for Spring Semester 2002