Physics 121: Assignments
Winter Term, 2012
| Assignment | 3rd ed. reading | Due Date |
| Read Section 1.1 (except 1.1.18); Section 1,2; Section 1.3; Sections 1.4.1–1.4.4 and 1.4.8; Section 1.5 |
Read Section 1.1 (except 1.1.18); Section 1,2; Sections 1.3.4–1.3.8; Section 1.4 |
to accompany Lecture 2 |
| Read Section 1.6.1; review sec 1.2.3 ; Section 1.7 (1.7.1, 1.7.5, 1.7.6) |
Read Section 1.5 (1.5.1 & 1.5.5); Section 1.6 (1.6.1, 1.6.5, 1.6.6) |
to accompany Lecture 3 |
| Optional reading material on mechanics of materials from Phys 239 course |
To accompany Lecture 3 | |
| Lab 1 write-up | 01/18 at beginning of lab | |
| Lab 2 write-up | 01/25 at beginning of lab | |
| Skim 8.1.1, 8.1.2 (at least read first parts) Read 8.1.3, 8.1.8, tables 8.5 & 8.6 |
Skim 7.1.1, 7.1.2 (at least read first parts) Read 7.1.3, 7.1.5, tables 7.4 & 7.5 |
to accompany Lecture 4 |
| Lab 3 write-up | 02/01 at beginning of lab | |
| Reading: Section 4.2.1; some of 4.2.2 (Ray Tracing; Paraxial Ray Tracing; other interesting bits); 4.2.4 (Apertures, Stops, Pupils; Vignetting; Geometrical Aberrations, and skim 5 types thereof); some of 4.3.3 (Simple and Gal. Telescopes; Laser Beam Expanders and Spatial Filters; Lens Aberrations; Flip through rest of chapter to see what's there | same as for 4th edition except 4.2.3 instead of 4.2.4 | to accompany Lecture 5 |
| Read about the raytrace algorithm (PDF) associated with Lab 4. |
before Lab on 02/08 | |
| Lab 4 write-up | 02/02 at beginning of lab | |
| Read 3.1, 3.2, 3.3.2, 3.3.4, 3.4, 3.4.1 (oil-sealed and turbomolecular), 3.4.3 (getter and cryo), 3.5.2 (o-ring, joints), 3.6.3, 3.6.5 |
same as for 4th ed. | to accompany Lecture 6 |
| Lab 4 write-up | 02/15 at beginning of lab | |
| e-mail me about lab tour | 02/15 at beginning of lab | |
| Sections 6.1.1, 6.1.1; Skim 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4; Sections 6.3.1, 6.5.1, 6.5.2; Skim 6.3.2 |
same as for 4th ed. | to accompany Lecture 8 |
| Read Sections 6.4.2, 6.4.3, and esp. Fig 6.66 | Fig 6.59 in 3rd ed. | to accompany Lecture 9 |
| Lab 6 write-up | 02/22 at beginning of lab | |
| Read p. 432 on comparators; 6.2.5 on relays (esp. solid state); pp. 461–462 paragraph on opto-isolators; 6.6.10 on logic families; p. 410 on FETs; 6.6.1–6.6.4 on digital logic; 6.6.7 on DAC/ADC |
p. 461; pp. 460–461, p. 449, otherwise same | to accompany Lecture 10 |
| Lab 7 write-up to be combined with Lab 8 |
will accompany Lab 8 writeup, due March 7 | |
| Read Section 6.7.3; Skim 6.7.5; read 6.7.7, 6.7.9 | same as 4th ed. | to accompany Lecture 11 |
| Lab 7/8 write-up | 03/07 at beginning of lab | |
| Lab 9/10 write-up | 03/22 by 3 PM |