{"id":12,"date":"2020-07-08T19:51:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T19:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-optics-wp.pantheonsite.io\/opti570\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:41:06","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti570\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Announcements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>First day of class for Fall 2026: Tues, Aug 25, 2025. 12:30-1:45pm. Optical Sciences Room 305<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For students enrolled in OPTI 570, announcements are posted on the OPTI 570 D2L page (go to d2l.arizona.edu)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In-Person and Zoom help sessions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Optional post-lecture recap\/Q&amp;A<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tuesdays and Thursdays, approx. 1:50-2:50pm unless otherwise stated (sometimes may need to be cancelled). In person, conference room 447.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also recorded and posted to D2L\/Panopto for distance students to watch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is a chance to ask questions and gain clarity on topics discussed in that day&#8217;s lecture, which is the priority vs discussing homework problems. Please try to free up this time slot to attend in case it&#8217;s needed, but it&#8217;s not required and it is recorded, so it&#8217;s not a problem if you are otherwise busy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>TA recitation sections<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TA: <strong>Andrei Zhukov<\/strong>, Optical Science PhD student. azhukov [at] arizona.edu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5-6:30pm on most Wednesdays. This session will be held in-person in room 305 of Meinel, and will also be recorded using Zoom and posted on Brightspace-D2L\/Panopto. If a live Zoom option is available, the Zoom link and password will be posted on the announcements page of the 570 D2L site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ask questions about the homework due that week, or other questions about the course material.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exams for Main Campus students will also be given during this time block (5-7pm actually). Attendance is <strong>required<\/strong> during these times when exams are given (unless you have made other arrangements with Cris), whereas recitation attendance is optional. Exams for distance students will be scheduled separately and due a few days after the in-person exams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cris&#8217;s office hours<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TBD. (in Cris&#8217;s office, room 652)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>TA office hours<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TBD.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zoom: TBD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Logistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Fall 2026 class will be offered IN PERSON for UA Main Campus students. Students enrolled in the in-person section are expected to attend class in person. Recorded lectures will be available for the occasional instances when you can&#8217;t make it to class. Regularly missing class will result in a reduced class participation grade.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Fall 2026 class will also be offered as a Distance Learning class through Arizona Online. Students taking this class remotely <strong>must<\/strong> register for the Arizona Online section.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Class time and location for the IN PERSON class: 12:30-1:45pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Optical Sciences room 305 (lobby area \/ lowest floor of the west wing)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announcements In-Person and Zoom help sessions &nbsp; Course Logistics &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti570\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti570\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti570\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti570\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti570\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti570\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti570\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti570\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}