Modern Optics Podcast

By Peter Beyersdorf

Recorded class lectures from Peter Beyersdorf's Physics 158 (Modern Optics) class at San Jose State University from the Spring of 2008. Recordings will be added twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursday... more

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Modern Optics Podcast episodes:

March 13, 2008 Fabry-Perot Interferometer
We look at the transmission of a Fabry-Perot interferometer and discuss properties like the free spectral range, finesse and linewidth.
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1h 17min
February 28, 2008 Michelson Interferometer
We investigate the Michelson interferometer and the relationship between physical parameters and the interference term.
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1h 16min
February 26, 2008 Two beam interferencde
We look at the interference term present when two waves interfere and discuss the effect coherence has on fringe visibility
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1h 15min
February 21, 2008 Group and Phase velocity
We look at the difference between group velocity and phase velocity in a dispersive material and introduce the Fourier transform
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1h 16min
February 19, 2008 Superposition
We investigate the behavior of multiple waves that overlap in space and time.
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1h 15min
February 14, 2008 Wave equation
We look at Maxwell's equations and use them to find the wave equation for electromagnetic radiation. We then investigate various solutions to the wave equation.
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1h 11min
February 14, 2008 Thick Lenses
We introduce thick lenses and discuss parameters necessary to describe them. We go on to introduce ray matrices.
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1h 15min
February 07, 2008 Ray Matrices
We look at methods for solving imaging problems using ray matrices.
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1h 14min
February 05, 2008 Thin Lenses
We introduce the thin lens equation and the lens makers formula and the concept of ray tracing.
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1h 17min
January 31, 2008 Fermat's Principle and Huygen's Principle
We Introduce Huygen's principle and Fermat's principle and use them to derive Snell's law and the law of reflection.
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1h 16min

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The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.