Instructor: Philippe PIOT (piot[AT]nicadd.niu.edu), WWW

Office: La Tourette Hall rm 226

Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00 pm to 01:30 pm

Class meeting: Tuesdays and Thursdays 09:00 am to 10:15 am

Location: Faraday Hall 238

Textbook: J. Peatross and M. Ware, Physics of Light and Optics, 2015 edition, available at http://optics.byu.edu/

Last updated: Aug. 27, 2019

Geometrical, physical, quantum, and experimental optics with emphasis on topics of current interest. Three lectures plus a three hour laboratory weekly.

Grading

PHYS 430:

Homework = 30 %, Labs = 30%, Midterm (week of 3/12/18)= 20 % Final (finals week) = 20 %. Both Midterm and Final exam will be closed book examinations.

PHYS 530

Homework = 20 %, Labs = 30%, Project = 10%, Midterm (week of 3/12/18)= 20 % Final (finals week) = 20 %. Both Midterm and Final exam will be closed book examinations. The following scales are use for the final (letter) grades:
A : > 90%
A-: > 85%
B+: > 80%
B : > 75%
B-: > 70%
C+: > 65%
C : > 60%
C-: > 55%
D : > 50%
F : < 50%

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