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This is a general information page for PHY 300.

The instructors and teaching assistants for PHY 300 Lab can vary every semester. The Department course list has links to PHY 300 syllabi from past semesters. Please see SBU Solar or Brightspace for more information.

Studio Format PHY 300

Since 2022 the course has been run in the studio format, with labs and collaborative work incorporated with each class. Here is a rough plan for the semester.

Week # Topic Lab Homework and Reports
Week 1 Simple Harmonic Oscillator SHO -
Week 2 Damping, Driving, Energy SHO Driven and Damped -
Week 3 Coupled Oscillators SHO Coupled, Driven -
Week 4 Normal Modes N-coupled Oscillators -
Week 5    Standing Waves, Fourier Series    Midterm #1,    Report #1 on Coupled Oscillators
Week 6 Travelling Waves Normal modes and speed of sound -
Week 7 Maxwell's Equations -
Break
Week 8 Plane Waves Start polarization lab -
Week 9 Refraction and Reflection Polarization -
Week 10 Physical Optics Reflection and Refraction Lab -
Week 11    Interferometers    Midterm #2    Report #2 on Polarization
Week 12 Diffraction Optical Instruments -
Week 13 Optics I Review Michelson Interferometer -
Week 14 Optics II, Review Diffraction -
Alternate Lab Manuals

These manuals are used by some instructors for the laboratory portion of PHY 300, Waves and Optics.

Reference Documents and Tools

Here are some links you may find helpful:

Course websites from recent semesters can be found at Undergrad Courses

MatLab at SBU can be downloaded or used at a SINC Site

Wolfram Mathematica at SBU can be downloaded or used at a SINC Site

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