Course outline
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== IV. Waveguides & transmission == | == IV. Waveguides & transmission == | ||
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== VI. QM & E&M == | == VI. QM & E&M == | ||
| − | Lasers | + | Lasers - Modes, cavities, phase locking, local relevance |
| − | Spectrometry | + | Spectrometry - Absorption & emission, Raman |
QED | QED | ||
Revision as of 22:20, 7 June 2012
Contents |
I. Maxwell equations and boundary conditions
Displacement current & the Ampere-Maxwell equation
Boundary conditions in vacuum and matter
Gauge freedom
Energy & momentum in fields - Solar sails
II. Electromagnetic waves
In vacuum (planar and spherical)
In matter - Transparency & opacity (Classical & QM)
Reflection & refraction
Evanescent waves - Analogy to tunneling, NSOM
Dispersion - Group & phase velocity, casuality
III. Relativistic E&M
Motivation
Lorentz transforms
4-vectors, tensors
The emergence of magnetism
All boxed up
IV. Waveguides & transmission
Modes
Cavities & resonances, Q-factor
V. Radiation
Retarded potentials
Dipole & monopole sources
Scattering
VI. QM & E&M
Lasers - Modes, cavities, phase locking, local relevance
Spectrometry - Absorption & emission, Raman
QED
