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8.30 Class |
Topics | Reading |
| wk1 |
M Mar 31 |
EM wave equation in
vacuum. Monochromatic plane waves (MPWs) |
9.2 |
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T Apr 1 |
Examples - review Maxwell's equations |
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W Apr 2 |
EM waves in
dielectrics |
9.3.1 |
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HW1 due |
F Apr 4 |
Waves at
boundaries |
9.3.2 |
| wk2 |
M Apr 7 |
EM boundary
conditions. Fresnel eqns. T and R coeffs |
9.3.3 |
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T Apr 8 |
Examples - Total internal reflection; evanescence |
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W Apr 9 |
Glancing
incidence; Brewster's angle; total internal reflection; rainbows |
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HW2 due |
F Apr 11 |
Maxwell's
equations in conductors. Skin depth. Reflection. |
9.4.1,2 |
| wk3 |
M Apr 14 |
Dispersion.
Group and phase velocity. Absorption |
9.4.3 |
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T Apr 15 |
Examples - energy flow in conductor, anomalous dispersion |
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W Apr 16 |
Dispersion in
dielectrics |
9.5.1,2 |
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HW3 due |
F Apr 18 |
Dispersion in
conductors. Plasma frequency |
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| wk4 |
M Apr 21 |
Waveguides |
9.5.3 |
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T Apr 22 |
Examples - TM modes in waveguides |
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W Apr 23 |
More waveguides; Light guiding and
optical fibers; resonant cavities |
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HW4 due |
F Apr 25 |
Transmission lines |
10.1.3 |
| wk5 |
M Apr 28 |
Time-dependent
potentials. Coulomb and Lorenz gauges |
10.1,10.2 |
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T Apr 29 |
Examples - Potentials and the Lorentz gauge |
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W Apr 30 |
Retarded
potentials. Static limit |
10.2 |
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HW5 due |
F May 2 |
Potentials and
fields of charge and current distributions |
10.2.2 |
| wk6 |
M May 5 |
Potentials of a
moving point charge |
10.3 |
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T May 6 |
Examples - Fields and retarded time, potential of moving charge |
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W May 7 |
Midterm 1 |
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F May 9 |
Fields of a
moving point charge |
10.3 |
| wk7 |
M May 12 |
Examples - Fields of moving charge, dipole radiation |
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| HW6 due |
T May 13 |
Radiation:
definition and approximations |
11.1 |
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W May 14 |
Electric dipole
radiation |
11.1.2 |
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HW7 due |
F May 16 |
Near-field
behavior for dipoles. Magnetic dipole radiation |
11.1.3 |
| wk8 |
M May 19 |
Radiation by
general source, point charge. Larmor formula. |
11.2 |
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T May 20 |
Examples - radiation resistance, radiation by point charge |
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W May 21 |
Midterm
2 |
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F May 23 |
Special
relativity. Lorentz transformation |
12.1 |
| wk9 |
M May 26 |
Memorial
Day |
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HW8 due |
T May 27 |
Examples - relativity |
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W May 28 |
4-vectors,
4-tensors, scalars |
12.1 |
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F May 30 |
proper time,
energy-momentum 4-vector |
12.2 |
| wk10 |
M Jun 2 |
Electrodynamics using
manifestly covariant tensor
notation |
12.3 |
| HW9 due |
T Jun 3 |
Examples - Lorentz transforming E and B |
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W Jun 4 |
Examples of transforming the fields |
12.3 |
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HW10 due |
F Jun 6 |
Half-wave
antennae and cell phones. Rayleigh scattering. |
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| wk11 |
T Jun 10 |
Final exam 8.20-10.20 am |
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