Reading assignments - Summer 2014 462
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Monday June 23rd: Maxwell equations and boundary conditions
Pollack and Stump section 11.1 or Griffiths 7.3-7.3.4 or Shadowitz 11-1
Pollack and Stump section 3.3.2 or Griffiths 2.3.5 or Shadowitz 6-5
Maxwell equations - overview Maxwell equations with monopoles Divergence & Stokes' theorem, Fundamental theorem of calculus
Tuesday/Wednesday June 25/26th: Poisson's equation, separation of variables, and series solutions
Pollack and Stump section 5.1-5.3 or Griffiths 3.3 (similar but not identical techniques in Shadowitz chapter 18)
Monday June 30th: Potentials, Helmholtz theorem, and gauges Pollack and Stump appendix B and 11.2 or Griffiths appendix B and 10.1 or Shadowitz p. 187-191
Helmholtz theorem Helmholtz in electrodynamics Electrodynamic potentials Gauges Gauge transformations Aharonov-Bohm effect (optional, just for fun)
Tuesday July 1st: Dynamics in matter, plus energy, momentum, and the Poynting vector
Pollack and Stump 11.3 or Griffiths 7.3.6
Pollack and Stump 11.4 or Griffiths 8.2.1-8.2.3 or Shadowitz 11-3
Maxwell eqns in matter Dynamic BCs Energy, momentum, and the Poynting vector
Wednesday July 2nd: Plane and spherical electromagnetic waves
Pollack and Stump 11.5-11.5.3 or
Pollack and Stump 11.5.4-11.5.5 or
Plane waves Spherical waves Complex math with waves
Monday July 7th: Reflection, refraction, evanescence, and conductors
Pollack and Stump 13.1-13.2.2 or Pollack and Stump 13.3 or
Reflection and refraction Evanescence Waves in conductors
Tuesday July 8th: Reflection and transmission coefficients, single and multiple interfaces
Pollack and Stump 13.2.2 or
Reflection and transmission coefficients Multiple interfaces
Wednesday July 9th: Fresnel equations, dispersion, and resonance
Pollack and Stump 13.2.3 or Pollack and Stump 13.4-13.4.1, pg. 488 or
Non-normal incidence; Fresnel equations Dispersion and resonance Group and phase velocities
Monday July 14th: Exam 1
Tuesday July 15th: Waveguides 1
Pollack and Stump 14.1-14.1.2 or Pollack and Stump 14.1.2-14.1.3 or
Intro to waveguides Parallel plate TE modes Energy transport and wavespeeds in waveguides TM modes
Wednesday July 16th: Rectangular waveguides and coaxial cables
Pollack and Stump 14.2 or Pollack and Stump 14.3-14.4 or
Rectangular waveguides Coax cables
Monday July 21st: Retarded potentials
Pollack and Stump 15.1 or Pollack and Stump first part of 15.2 and 15.2.3, or
Green's functions Retarded potentials Sheet current example Asymptotic potentials
Tuesday July 22nd: Radiation
Pollack and Stump rest of 15.2 or
Dipole radiation Monopole radiation Classical atom collapse
Wednesday July 23rd: Lienard-Wiechert potentials
Pollack and Stump 15.5 or Pollack and Stump 15.6 or
Scattering Derivative fun time Lienard-Wiechert potentials Shades of relativity
Monday/Tuesday July 28/29th: Inductance and RLC circuits
Pollack and Stump sections 10.1-10.3 or Pollack and Stump sections 10.3 (end part on LC circuits), 10.5 or
Faraday's and Lenz's laws Self inductance Energy in inductors LC circuits
Wednesday July 30th: Review of basic diffraction & interference concepts
Monday August 5th: Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction
Tuesday August 6th: Holography
Wednesday August 7th: Final exam
