Course outline

I. Maxwell equations and boundary conditions

Displacement current & the Ampere-Maxwell equation

   IB.  Boundary conditions in vacuum and matter

   IC.  Gauge freedom

   ID.  Energy & momentum in fields - Solar sails

II. Electromagnetic waves

   IIA.  In vacuum (planar and spherical)

   IIB.  In matter - Transparency & opacity (Classical & QM)

   IIC.  Reflection & refraction

   IID.  Evanescent waves - Analogy to tunneling, NSOM

   IIE.  Dispersion - Group & phase velocity, casuality