PHYS 100C

Revision as of 19:45, 10 April 2013

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• April 9: Lecture 3 (PDF) summary: we considered boundary conditions for a plane EM wave incident on an interface at arbitrary incident angle. We have derived three laws of reflection/refraction and derived Fresnel Law for p-wave.

(p stands for parallel, s stands for senkrecht, German word for "perpendicular" - to the plane of incidence). We have considered Brewster angle physics which included polarized sunglasses and Brewster Angle Microscopy.

• April 4: Lecture 2 (PDF) summary: we considered energy and pressure carried by radiation / EM wave. We have looked at propagation of waves in media; We started derving the properies of transmitted and reflected wave equations for a plane EM wave normal-incident at the boundary between two media (using boundary conditions from Eq. 7.64) - we stopped half-way through derivation though, will pick up the calculation next Tuesday in class!

April 2: Lecture 1 (PDF) summary: we covered waves in 1D (9.1.1-9.1.2), discussed transverse/longitudinal waves (9.1.4), derived EM waves in vacuum from Maxwell Eqs. (9.2.1, 9.2.2).

COURSE SUMMARY:

PHYS 100C, Electromagnetism, Spring 2013, UC San Diego

Professor: Oleg Shpyrko, oleg@physics.ucsd.edu

Office: Mayer Hall 3210, ext. 4-3066 (Where is it?)

Office Hours: Mondays 4-5PM as well as Discussion Session on Friday, 2PM-2:50PM, YORK 4080A

TA (Grader): Leandra Boucheron, lboucheron@gmail.com

Text: Introduction to Electrodynamics, 3rd Edition, by David J. Griffiths. (also check abebooks for used copies)

Lectures: Tue, Thu, 11:00AM-12:20PM, SOLIS 110

Discussion Session: Fridays, 2-2:50PM, YORK 4080A

Homework: Assigned weekly, due Thursdays, at the START of lecture. Will also be accepted at the following Tue lecture, but with a 20% penalty.

Midterm: May 7th 11AM (in class). Open book exam. Bring your textbook only, and a bluebook.

Final: TBD. Open book exam. Bring your textbook, notes, and a bluebook.

Grading: Homework=20%, Midterm =30%, Final=50%.

Academic Dishonesty: Please read the section entitled "UCSD Policy on Integrity of Scholarship" located in the2008-2009 General Catalog, www.ucsd.edu/catalog. The rules on academic dishonesty will be strictly enforced!

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