College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona

 “The Prelims”

Comprehensive Exams for Ph.D. Candidates

 Fall 2006 Exam policy

Criteria for scoring the questions

 (New Exam policy at the College of Optical Sciences for future exams)

 

Summer sessions

Fridays at 1:00 in Meinel 408 

Schedule for summer 2006

Date

Professor

Stuff to download

 

 

Written

Oral

June 16

Prof. Burge

Optical systems

Defocused images

June 23

Prof. Burge

Radiometry

Aberrations

Typical questions on radiometry and aberrations

June 30

Meet at 1:30!

Prof. Chipman

 Aberrations

 Diffraction

 

July 7

Prof. Anderson

OPTI 511 2006S

OPTI 511 2005F

 

July 14

 Prof. Wright

 OPTI 501 2003F

OPTI 501 2004F

 

July 21

Prof. Jessen

OPTI 543 2006S

OPTI 543 2004F

OPTI 543 2004S

 

July 28

Prof. Clarkson

 Imaging system

Fourier transform 

1D Langevin equation

 

August 4

 Prof. Binder

 Polariton

 

August 11

 Prof. Honkanen

 Fiber attenuation

 Characteristic equation

 Fiber design

 

August 18

 Prof. Kost

Three-layer slab waveguide

 

August 25

Prof. Milster

Babinet Principle

Interference