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Advanced Electromagnetism (PHYSICS 232)

Advanced Electromagnetism (PHYSICS 232)

Subir Sachdev | Spring 2020 | Harvard University
Maxwell's equations in macroscopic media, conservation laws, Green's functions, time-dependent solutions and radiation, scattering and diffraction, and gauge invariance. Time permitting: geometrical optics and caustics, negative refractive index materials and radiation from rapidly accelerating charges.

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Syllabus

Lectures

Lecture 1: Electrostatics And Magnetostatics
Lecture 2: Maxwell's Equations
Lecture 3: Conservation Of Energy And Momentum
Lecture 4: Localized Charges And Currents
Lecture 5: Dipole And Quadrupole Radiation
Lecture 6: Relativity
Lecture 7: Action Principle
Lecture 8: Quantum Mechanics, Gauge Invariance And Monopoles
Lecture 9: Maxwell Equations In Matter
Lecture 10: Waves In Matter
Lecture 11: Dispersion In Insulators
Lecture 12: EM Waves In Metals
Lecture 13: Negative Index Of Refraction
Lecture 14: Optical Fibers
Lecture 15: Photonic Lattices
Lecture 16: Coaxial Cables And Waveguides
Lecture 17: Geometric Optics
Lecture 18: Scattering
Lecture 19: Diffraction
Lecture 20: Review

Homeworks

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Homework 2
Homework 3
Homework 4
Homework 5
Homework 6
Homework 7

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