This  page contains  links to the lecture notes and tutorial questions for the Junior Honours course on Optics  and Condensed Matter

Lecture slides

modules 1 and 2

module 3

module 4

Convolutions slide  and animated gif

module 5a

module 5b

module 5c

module6a

module6b

module 6c

module7a

module 7b

Fourier Transforms

Revision lecture

Notes and Course Questions

modules 1 and 2

module 3

Revised interference questions

module 4

Revised diffraction questions

what is light?

fourier transforms

diffraction from crystals

diffraction from crystals II

phonons I

electrons I

electrons II

Web link to the animated  Brillouin Zone Contruction