Physics 422/522: Introduction to Electrodynamics

110 Willamette Hall
MWF, 11:00-11:50


Instructor: James N. Imamura
Office: 444 Willamette Hall
E-mail: imamura@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5212
Office Hours: Tu 10-noon, Th noon-2 pm, 444 (or 441) Willamette Hall

Course: Physics 422/522: Introduction to Electrodynamics
Course CRN: ...
Text: Introduction to Electrodynamics, 3rd edition, D. J. Griffiths
Class: 11:00-11:50, MWF
Room: 110 Willamette Hall


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1

Chapter 9: Fundamentals of waves, wave equation, propagation vector, polarization, phase velocity, d'Alembert's solution; electromagnetic waves, plane waves and their properties, polarization, Poynting vector, Maxwell stress tensor and momentum flux, electromagnetic energy density, momentum density.

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4/8/2013

2

Chapter 9: Electromagnetic waves, plane waves and their properties, polarization, Poynting vector, Maxwell stress tensor and momentum flux, electromagnetic energy density, momentum density. Wave propagation in media; transparent media, dielectric constant, index of refraction, jump conditions at interfaces between media, Snell's laws, Fresnel laws, Brewster angle, total internal reflection; conductors, skin depth; dispersive media, waveguides

Hw 2

4/15/2013

3

Chapter 9: Electromagnetic waves, plane waves and their properties, polarization, Poynting vector, Maxwell stress tensor and momentum flux, electromagnetic energy density, momentum density. Wave propagation in media; transparent media, dielectric constant, index of refraction, jump conditions at interfaces between media, Snell's laws, Fresnel laws, Brewster angle, total internal reflection; conductors, skin depth; dispersive media, waveguides

Hw 3

4/22/2013

4

Chapter 9: Waveguides. Chapters 10 and 11, Radiation and Potentials:

Hw 4

4/29/2013