Classical Optics
Prof. Dong Sun
West Physics Building Room 576
International Center for Quantum Materials
62766922
Prerequisites: Optics, E&M or Graduate Students
Lecture: Tuesday and Wednesday 6:40 PM-8:40 PM @ West 663 of Physics Building
Office hours: Tuesday 4:00PM-5:00PM or by appointment (send me an email)
E-mail: sundong@pku.edu.cn
Textbook:
None required. All required reading selections will be posted on the web.
Supplementary References:
R. Guenther, Modern Optics (Wiley)
M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics (Cambridge, 7th edition)
G. Booker, Modern Classical Optics (Oxford)
E. Hecht, Optics (Addison Wesley, 2nd edition)
Course WebSite:
Information and course materials will be posted on website:
www.phy.pku.edu.cn/~sundong/Teaching.htm
This will include copies of the lecture notes, homework assignments, assigned reading materials (journal articles and relevant sections from the supplementary references in pdf format), and announcements.
This website is a supplement to the class; you are responsible for all material presented in class whether or not it appears on the web site.
Course Objectives:
This course will introduce classical optics from first principles at a first-year graduate level. The theory of electromagnetic, geometric, and physical optics is systematically presented, and forms the base for further study in guided wave optics, electro- and acoustic-optics, nonlinear optics, lasers, and quantum optics.
Grades:
Homework 15%
Exam 1 40%
Exam 2 45%
Homework: SET 1 SET 2 SET 3 SET 4 SET 5 SET 6 SET 7 SET 8 SET 9
The homework is an essential part of the course. You should attempt all the problems yourself, but you may argue with your colleagues about the basic ideas underlying the problems. (Simply copying each other's solutions is, however, counterproductive for all parties, and contrary to the honor code.) In addition, each problem will have one student assigned to write up a "textbook" solution to go on reserve. These solutions should go beyond the usual homework solution, in that special care should be given to the presentation and discussion of the logic of the solution. The reserve solutions should be typed, or at least very carefully handwritten, and correct! In science, the communication of arguments and results is nearly as important as the results themselves, so this should be good practice. (Also, each of your reserve solutions will be scored on a scale of 0-10 and included in your final grade calculation.)Homework solutions will be posted on the class website.
Syllabus PDF
Lecture Notes:
Lecture 10 PDF WORD (Sept. 29)
Lecture 21 PDF (Oct. 27)
Lecture 22 PDF (Oct. 27)
Lecture 23 PDF (Nov. 2)
Lecture 24 PDF (Nov. 2)
Lecture 25 PDF (Nov. 3)
Midterm(Nov. 9)
Lecture 26 PDF (Nov. 10)
Lecture 27 PDF (Nov. 10)
Lecture 28 PDF (Nov. 16)
Lecture 49 PDF (Dec.21)
Lecture 50 PDF (Dec.22)
Lecture 51 PDF (Dec.22)
Lecutre 52 PDF
Lecture 53 Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Lecture 54 Image Formation (Reading Materials)