Physics 8110 - Electromagnetic Theory II: Course Schedule for Spring 2018| | | |
| Mon. Jan. 08 | School closed - Bad Weather forcast | |
| Wed. Jan. 10 | I. Course outline; Project Description
Review of Maxwell Equations Maxwell Equations & Conservation Laws [ review Textbook Chapt. 6 ] |
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| Mon. Jan. 15 | Martin Luther King - Holiday |
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| Wed. Jan. 17 | I. Maxwell Equations & Wave Propagation Equations - [ Textbook Chapt. 6 ] | |
| Mon. Jan. 22 | II. Plane Electromagnetic Waves [ Textbook Chapt. 7 ] | |
| Wed. Jan. 24 | Electromagnetic Wave Propagation & Dispersion Relation [ HW Assign. #1 due ! ] | |
| Mon. Jan. 29 | Karmer-Kronig Relation | |
| Wed. Jan. 31 | Dielectric Function | |
| Mon. Feb. 05 | QM treatment of Dispersion relations [ HW Assign. #2 due ! ] | |
| Wed. Feb. 07 | Reflection and refraction of EM waves | |
| Mon. Feb. 12 | Polarization states of EM waves | (pdf-file: 1.6 MB ) |
| Wed. Feb 14 | EM propagation in multi-layered structures | |
| Mon-Wed. Feb. 19 + 12 | Conference no Classes | |
| Mon. Feb. 26 | III. Wave Guides: Reflectance on conducting media [ HW Assign. #3 due ! ] | |
| Wed. Feb .28 | Wave Guides - metallic BC [ Textbook Chapt. 8 ] | |
| Mon. Mar. 05 | Wave Guides and Fibers | |
| Mon. Mar. 07 | Optical Fibers | |
| March. 12 thru 18 | |
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| Mon. Mar. 19 | IV. Special Theory of Relativity and Review [ HW Assign. #4 due ! ] | |
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| Mon. March 26 | Lorentz transformation, 4D-potential & current density [ read Textbook Chapt. 11 ] | |
| Wed. March 28 | Electromagnetic field tensor, Transformation properties of EM field tensor | |
| Mon. Apr. 02 | Lorentz invariant field theory [ HW Assign. #5 due ! ] | |
| Wed. Apr. 04 | Lorentz invariant field theory [read Textbook Chapt. 12] | |
| Mon. Apr. 9 | V. Radiating system [ read Textbook Chapt. 9 ] [ HW Assign. #6 due ! ] | |
| Wed. Apr. 11 | Radiating system continue Project asignment: Aranyo Mira: Inelastic EM scattering in materials |
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| Mon. Apr. 16 | Aisha A. Okmi: Photonic Crystals William Roh: Photonic Crystal Fibers: Fabrication and Application |
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| Wed. Apr. 18 | Ahmal J. Zafar: Synchrotron Radiation Kademhosseini Rezvan: Free Electron Laser: Principle and application to coherent laser light |
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| Mon. Apr. 23 | Aparna Venkataramanasastry; Stokes Polarization analysis of Solar Radiation Maraba Diren: Light (EM) emission from Solids |
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| Wed. Apr. 25 | Project asignment: Project # xx Project asignment: Project # xx |
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