Lab introduction and assignment
You must also read the Brandeis laser safety manual.
CalTech Lab (pdf), Rob Phillips group
Optics Texbook: Hecht, Optics, 5th edition
This is a really good intro book on optics for physicists. We cover material in chapters 5 & 6, 10, 11 and parts of 13.
Mathematica notebooks:
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Brandeis student report.