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Modern Optics Podcast
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 Thursdays.

Physics 158 Syllabus

Syllabus for Physics 158 at SJSU, Spring 2008...

: 10-Jan-2008

The Nature of Light

Modern Optics provides a framework for unders...

: 1 hour 16 minutes : 24-Jan-2008

Thin Lenses

We introduce the thin lens equation and the l...

: 1 hour 16 minutes : 05-Feb-2008

Ray Matrices

We look at methods for solving imaging proble...

: 1 hour 13 minutes : 07-Feb-2008

Thick Lenses

We introduce thick lenses and discuss paramet...

: 1 hour 14 minutes : 14-Feb-2008

Wave equation

We look at Maxwell's equations and use them t...

: 1 hour 10 minutes : 14-Feb-2008

Superposition

We investigate the behavior of multiple waves...

: 1 hour 14 minutes : 19-Feb-2008

Group and Phase velocity

We look at the difference between group veloc...

: 1 hour 15 minutes : 21-Feb-2008

Two beam interferencde

We look at the interference term present when...

: 1 hour 14 minutes : 26-Feb-2008

Michelson Interferometer

We investigate the Michelson interferometer a...

: 1 hour 15 minutes : 28-Feb-2008

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