November

November

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lecture 17

electromagnetic energy density, Poynting vector, conservation of momentum, Maxwell stress tensor, force on a conducting surface
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MIDTERM EXAM 11-12:30 in BL 269
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lecture 18

capacitance matrix, inductance matrix, electromagnetic waves in a vacuum

Supplement

forces, torque, and energy of electric and magnetic dipoles in external fields
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lecture 19

energy and momentum in electromagnetic waves, frequency dependent polarizability and dielectric function
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lecture 20

electromagnetic waves in a dielectric: transparent propagation, resonant absorption, total reflection
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lecture 21

Electromagnetic waves in conductors: frequency dependent conductivity, low frequency "good" conductors, skin depth, high frequencies, longitudinal modes and plasma oscillations

HW 5 due
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lecture 22

linear, circular and elliptical polarization, waves at interfaces, angles of incidence, reflection and transmission
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lecture 23

Snell's law for transparent and dissipative media, total internal reflection, coefficient of reflection, total reflection

Thanksgiving break
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Thanksgiving break
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Thanksgiving break
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Thanksgiving break

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Thanksgiving break
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lecture 24

total reflection, Brewster's angle, Kramers-Kronig relation, Green's function for the wave equation
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lecture 25

Lienard-Weichert potentials for a moving charged particle, potentials from a particle moving with constant velocity, radiation from a source oscillating with simple harmonic motion

HW 6 due