2.71/2.710 Optics - General information

Instructor team

• Prof. George Barbastathis (e-mail: gbarb@mit.edu, office: 3-461c, phone: 3-1960)
• Teaching Assistant: Wenyang Sun (e-mail: wenyangs@mit.edu, office: 1-025, phone: 2-2836)
• Administrative Assistant: Nicole Hanafin (e-mail: nhanafin@mit.edu, office: 3-461, hours: 12:30-4:30pm daily, phone: 4-0449, 3-5592)

Class schedule

Mondays 10-11am, Wednesdays 9-11am in room 32-144. Office hours: Tuesdays 2pm-4pm in room 3-434.

Textbooks

Optics by Hecht, 4th edition (Addison-Wesley)

Introduction to Fourier Optics by Goodman, 2nd edition (McGraw-Hill)

Grading

2.71: 30% Homework, 40% Quizes, 30% Final Exam

2.710: 25% Homework, 30% Quizes, 20% Project, 25% Final Exam

Exam dates & content

Quiz 1: Wednesday October 12, 2005. Geometrical optics (1 hr, in class)

Quiz 2: Monday November 21, 2005. Wave (Fourier) optics (1 hr, in class) (Note: Quiz 2 date amended on Oct. 14, 2005)

Final Exam: TBA by the Registrar's Office. Comprehensive upon all the material covered in the class.

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