Assignment 1 (due 9/19/2011):
Read Ch. 1 in Fowles. Do problems 1.2, 1.3, 1.10, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
Assignment 2 (due 9/29/2011):
Read Fowles Ch. 2
Fowles problems 2.7, 2.8, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13
Note: Problem 2.11: The Jones matrix as given is missing a factor of ½.
Assignment 3 (due 10/10/2011):
Fowles problems 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.19, 2.20, 2.22, 2.23
Clarifications:
Problems 2.14, 2.15, 2.16: All three problems refer to water/air and diamond/air interfaces, not a diamond/water interface. Problem 2.16 refers to external reflection.
Problem 2.19: Note that the first part of the question is about the “amplitude”, while the second part is about the “intensity”! You remember, of course, how intensity is related to amplitude, don’t you?
Problem 2.23: Replace “Brewster window” with “Brewster interface” (i.e., a single interface).
Solutions 2.14, 1.15, 2.17 and 2.20 (disregard 2.19)
Assignment 4 (due 10/31/2011):
Read Fowles Ch. 3 sections 3.1 - 3.7, and Ch. 4
Fowles Ch. 3 problems 2 - 5, 7 - 10, 13 (Gaussian integrals for 3.13)
Assignment 5 (due 11/10/2011):
Read Fowles Ch. 5.
Fowles problems 4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8
Assignment 6 (due Tuesday 11/22/2011):
Read Fowles Ch. 5.
Fowles problems 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.6
Assignment 7 (due 12/1/2011):
Read Fowles Ch. 6
Fowles problems 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.14
Assignment 8 (due 12/8/2011):
Read Fowles Ch. 6.
Fowles problems 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7 (corrections to problems 6.1 and 6.2 are found here .)