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You are expected to read Web-based laboratory write-up prior to coming to the laboratory.  You should also prepare yourself by reviewing the relevant material covered in class and by thinking about the objectives of each part of the experiment.  You may write your lab report during the lab period.  You must hand it in no later than the Wednesday following the lab period.

Please read the notes about Laser Safety, Equipment Care, and Cleaning Optics.

Laboratory: Date:
Lab 1:  Reflection and Refraction August 25
Lab 2:  Laser beam expanders September 8
Lab 3:  Aberrations September 15
Lab 4:  Telescopes and Microscopes September 22
Lab 5:  Detectors and Gaussian beams September 29
Lab 6:  Diffraction of a circular aperture October 6
Lab 7:  Twyman-Green interferometer October 20
Lab 8:  Coherence and Lasers October 27
Lab 9:  An Optical Processor November 3
Lab 10: Polarization and Birefringence November 17
Lab 11: Small Project Nov 10, 24, Dec 1