What Brock calendar entry says:

• Geometrical and wave optics, reflection, refraction, lenses, matrix methods, aberrations, gradient index phenomena including fibre optics, interference, coherence, holography, Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction and polarization

What do I need to bring into the course?

• In this course some simple derivatives, integrals and matrices will be used, so it is important that the students feel comfortable with the calculus covered in Y1 mathematics courses. The course will build on the optics covered in first year Physics courses. As such, the prerequisites are: PHYS 1P21 or 1P91 (recommended); PHYS 1P22 or 1P92 (recommended); MATH 1P01 and 1P02, or MATH 1P05 and 1P06 (recommended).

Times and Locations

• Lectures MW 11-12.30 TH257
• Labs MCH308.
• An introduction to the laboratory/research skills component will be held the week of Jan 15. Attendance is mandatory

Textbook

• Introduction to Optics, 3rd edition, F.L. Pedrotti, L.M. Pedrotti and L.S. Pedrotti, Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Important Dates Jan-Apr. 2024 (FW23D3)

• First day of classes: Jan. 8
• Last day of classes: Apr. 5
• Snow/Reading Days: Apr. 9
• Reading Week: Feb. 19-23
• Exams Apr. 10-23
• Deadline for withdrawal without academic penalty: March 8

Component	PHYS 2P51	Comments
Reading Quizzes	10%	Quizzes to be completed on the Möbius platform. Links to quizzes in Brightspace. For credit, answers must be submitted before due date.
Homework Assignments	25%	Approximately 1 per week submitted on Brightspace. Late assignments not accepted.
Midterm Test	15%	During scheduled time slot Monday Feb 26th.
final exam	30%	You must obtain a grade of 40% or greater on the final exam in order to pass the course.
lab/research skills	8x2.5%=20%	Both attending the lab/research skills sessions and submitting the assigned work is required to complete a lab/research skills item. Due dates will depend on lab schedule. In general lab assignments are due 5 days after lab session and no late submissions will be accepted.

This is an approximate list . As the course progresses, some of topics may be removed and some others may get added.

• Chapter 1: Nature of Light
• Chapter 2: Geometrical Optics
• Chapter 3: Optical Instrumentation
• Chapter 4: Wave Equations
• Chapter 5: Superposition of Waves
• Chapter 6: Properties of Lasers
• Chapter 7: Interference of Light
• Chapter 8: Optical Inferometry
• Chapter 9: Coherence
• Chapter 10: Fraunhofer Diffraction
• Chapter 11: Fresnel Diffraction
• Chapter 15: Production of Polarized Light