LaTeX Worksheets

For the past couple years, I have typeset all of my worksheets and other teaching materials in LaTeX. Here is a repository containing all of my worksheets, with a CC0 license.

Holograms

Holograms: The Boundary Between Geometric & Wave Optics. We will use the geometric definitions of conic sections to explore the properties of concave, convex, and hyperbolic mirrors and then use this to demonstrate how holography takes advantage of wave interference in order to construct what is essentially a geometric phenomenon.

Conservation of Intellectual Momentum

Conservation of Intellectual Momentum: Staying connected to the field of physics even if your job doesn’t make you. My four years of studying physics in undergrad had opened my mind to a way of thinking I had grown to love and didn’t want to give up. Would teaching provide the same intellectual stimulation I had enjoyed in college?

Using 3D Glasses to Tie Together Ray Optics, Wave Optics, and Color Mixing

Talk given at the Spring Meeting of the Indiana Section of AAPT in April, 2016.

Links

• PowerPoint Slides (.pptx)