Examination

Final grades

require performing successfully on the:

• Laboratory tasks - during the course (4 lab sessions, 4 topics), 2.0 credits, grade scale: Pass/Fail
• Final examination - at the end of the course, 4.0 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Laboratory tasks

Lab sessions are run throughout the course. Lab instructions should be downloaded from Canvas and studied before the actual lab time. They encompass four sets of experiments:

1. The optical microscope. Teacher: Dr. Ying Fu.
2. The Michelson interferometer. Teachers: Dr. Marijn Versteegh, Dr. Lily Yang, Dr. Ali Elshaari.
3. Fourier optics. Teachers: Dr. Marijn Versteegh, Dr. Lily Yang, Dr. Ali Elshaari.
4. Entangled photon pairs. Teachers: Prof. Dr. Val Zwiller, Katherina Zeuner, M. Sc., Lucas Schweickert, M. Sc.

Each lab session lasts four hours. 

The labs take place in the following rooms in Albanova:
Microscope: C2:3061 and C2:3063.
Michelson interferometer: C2:3065.
Fourier optics: C2:3067.
Entangled photons: E2:1014 (lab opposite of E2:1009).

Final examination

The final written exam takes place on October 23 from 14:00 until 19:00 (five hours). You are allowed to bring a calculator, books and handwritten and printed notes. You are also not allowed to bring a computer or phone or any other communication device.

At the written exam you will get questions about the topics discussed in the lectures, the labs, the problem sessions, the covered chapters of the book (Hecht, Optics, 5th ed.), and the numerical simulation exercises.