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3
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4
lecture 13
Longitudinal modes in a conductor, plasma oscillations, reflection and transmission of waves at an interface, Snell's law, critical angle, total internal reflection
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5
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6
lecture 14
Corrections to Snell's law for a dissipative medium, transmission into a highly absorptive medium, reflected and transmitted field amplitudes, coefficient of reflection, region of total reflection
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7
MIDTERM EXAM 4:50 - 7:00pm in Morey 501
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8
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9
spring break
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17
spring break
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18
lecture 15
Reflection between two transparent media, Brewster's angle, Green's function for the wave equation
classes resume
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19
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20
lecture 16
Radiation from a localized oscillating charge density, expansion for the vector potential, electric dipole, magnetic dipole and electric quadrapole terms for radiation
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21
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22
HW #6 due
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23
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24
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25
lecture 17
Review: the multipole expansion in electrostatic and magnetostatics, dipole fields, magnetic dipole moment for a planar current loop
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26
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27
lecture 18
Relative sizes of dipole and quadrapole terms, electric and magnetic fields in the electric dipole approximation, radiation zone limit, Poynting vector and radiated power in the electric dipole approximation
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28
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29
HW #7 due
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30
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