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2
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3
lecture 23
Linear, circular and elliptical polarization, waves at interfaces, angles of incidence, reflection and transmission, Snell's law, total internal reflection
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4
lecture 24
Snell's law for dissipative media, coefficient of reflection, total reflection, Brewster's angle
make-up lecture 9:45-11:00am in Morey 525
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5
lecture 25
Kramers-Kronig relation, Green's function for the wave equation, Lienard-Weichert potentials for a moving charged particle, potentials from a point charged particle moving with constant velocity
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6
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7
lecture 26
Radiation from a source oscillating with simple harmonic motion, electric dipole, magnetic dipole, and electric quadrupole radiation
HW #7 due
make-up lecture 9:45-11:00am in Georgen 108
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8
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9
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10
lecture 27
Radiated E and B fields, Poynting vector, and radiated power from an oscillating source in the electric dipole, magnetic dipole, and electric quadrupole approximations, radiation from a general time dependent source, Larmor's formula for radiation from an accelerating charge
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11
lecture 28
Special relativity, Lorentz transformation, 4-vectors, proper time, 4-velocity, 4-gradient, 4-current, 4-potential, field strength tensor and Maxwell's equations
extra lecture 9:40-10:55am in Morey 525
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12
lecture 29
Dual field strength tensor, transformation of E and B fields, 4-momentum, Minkowski force, Lorentz force, relativistic Larmor's formula
last day of classes
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13
reading period begins
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14
HW #8 due
reading period
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15
reading period ends
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