Calendar

Phys 223 - Waves and Optics

Class Schedule

The calendar is updated as we move through the quarter (don't trust what is written beyond the current week).

Week	Monday	Monday (Lab)	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1 Back to top	Sept 26 Welcome. What to expect in this class.	Sept 26 Tutorial p 57-60: rotational motion, dynamics of rigid bodies. solution	Sept 28 Rotational motion Read chapter 12.1	Sept 29 Center of mass, moment of inertia Read chapter 12.2-4	Sept 30 Torque, Newton's law for rotation Read 12.5-6 Hw1 due
2 Back to top	0ct 3 Rotation about a fixed axis, rigid body equilibrium Read 12.7-8	Oct 3 Lab: Moment of inertia, swinging stick	Oct 5 Rolling motion Read 12.9 Hw2 (part 1) due	Oct 6 Tutorial p 61-64: rotational motion, dynamics of rigid bodies. solution	Oct 7 Angular momenturm, oscillations (pendulum, mass on a spring) Read 12.10-11, 14.1 Hw2 (part 2) due
3 Back to top	Oct 10 Simple harmonic motion, energy in oscillations Read 14.2-3	Oct 10 Lab: Inertial balance, springs	Oct 12 Dynamics of oscillations Read 14.4-6 Hw3 (part 1) due	Oct 13 Wave model Read 20.1-3	Oct 14 Sinusoidal waves Read 20.4-5, 21.1-2 Hw3 (part 2) due
4 Back to top	Oct 17 2D, 3D waves, sound and light waves, principle of superposition Read 20.4-5, 21.1-2, 8	Oct 17 Lab: sound waves	Oct 19 Standing waves, beats (program shown in class. Download and then double click the file. Requires .NET) Hw4 (part 1) due	Oct 20 Tutorial p 137: traveling waves (bring your tutorial book) solution Mathematica animation (p 140)	Oct 21 Doppler effect, mathematics of interference. Read 20.7, 21.3-7 Hw4 due (part 2)
5 Back to top	Oct 24 Superposition examples	Oct 24 Lab: standing waves	Oct 26 Tutorial p 141: reflection and transmission (bring your tutorial book) solution check this applet Hw5 (part 1) due	Oct 27 EM Waves Read 35.5-6	Oct 28 Tutorial p 149: EM waves (bring your tutorial book) solution Hw5 due (part 2)
6 Back to top	Oct 31 EM Waves	Oct 31 Tutorial: pp 181-184 two-source interference (bring your tutorial book) solution Check this applet	Nov 2 Exam 1 chapters 12, 14, 20 Sample exam Hw6 (part 1) due	Nov 3 AC current, RC circuits Read 35.1-3	Nov 4 RLC circuits Read 35.4-5 Hw6 (part 2) due
7 Back to top	Nov 7 RLC circuits	Nov 7 Lab: RLC circuits + addition	Nov 9 2-slit interference pattern Read 22.1-2 Hw7 (part 1) due	Nov 10 Tutorial: pp 185-188 wave properties of light solution	Nov 11 Veterans' Day Hw7 (part 2) due
8 Back to top	Nov 14 Multiple slit interference Read 22.3	Nov 14 Tutorial: p 189-193 multiple slit interference solution	Nov 16 Single slit diffraction Read 22.4-6 Hw8 (part 1) due	Nov 17 Tutorial: pp 195-200 single slit diffraction. solution interference and diffraction with Mathematica	Nov 18 Exam 2 chapters 20, 21, 22, 35 and 36. Sample exam Hw8 (part 2) due
9 Back to top	Nov 21 Tutorial pp 201-205: combined interference and diffraction (bring your tutorial book).	Nov 21 Lab: Interference, diffraction, and polarization.	Nov 23 Tutorial pp 201-205: combined interference and diffraction (bring your tutorial book). solution Hw9 due	Nov 24 Thanksgiving holiday	Nov 25 Thanksgiving holiday
10 Back to top	Nov 28 Polarization Read 35.7	Nov 28 Tutorial: thin film interference pp 207-211 (bring your tutorial book). solution	Nov 30 Tutorial: polarization pp 213-216 (bring your tutorial book) solution Hw10 due (part 1)	Dec 1 Tutorial: light and shadow pp 155-158 (bring your tutorial book) solution	Dec 2 Reflection: plane mirrors pp 162-163 + 168 (bring your tutorial book) solution Read 23.1-2 Hw10 due (part 2)
11 Back to top	Dec 5 Refraction: ray diagrams pp 169-172 (bring your tutorial book) solution Read 23.3-5	Dec 5 Tutorial: Lenses pp 173-176 (bring your tutorial book) solution	Dec 7 Lenses Read 23.6-7 Hw11 due (part 1)	Dec 8 Magnification solution	Dec 9 Review Hw11 due (part 2)
12 Back to top	Dec 12 Review	Dec 12 Lab: ~~lenses~~, lens activities	Tuesday december 13 Exam 3 Sample exam	Happy Break to All !!! Check your grade