EP225CO

University of Saskatchewan
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics

EP225.3 - Waves, Fields, and Optics
January - April 2009

Course Outline

Textbooks

Hirose and Lonngren, "Introduction to Wave Phenomena" (reprint edition 1991)
Serway and Jewett, "Physics for Scientists and Engineers" (6 or 7th edition from PHYS 121 or 128)

Geometrical optics (9 lectures)

Concave and convex mirrors
Snell's law, total reflection, refraction at a spherical dielectric boundary
Lens maker's formula, compound lens, matrix method, optical devices
Achromatic lens
Optical waveguide

Mechanical and electromagnetic oscillations (3 lectures)

Mass-spring oscillator
Simple and physical pendulums

LC oscillator
Damping due to finite resiatnce (LCR circuit)
Forced oscilaltion in LCR circuit

Basic properties of waves (3 lectures)

Sinusoidal (harmonic) waves, wavenumber k
Simple nondispersive wave differential equation
Beat phenomenon; phase and group velocities
Dispersive waves

Mechanical waves (5 lectures)

Longitudinal waves in mass-spring transmission line
Transverse waves in string
Energy and momentum carried by waves
Concept of characteristic impedance, wave reflection in terms of impedance mismatch
Sound waves in solid, liquid, and gas
Doppler effect and shock waves

Electromagnetic waves (8 lectures)

Waves in LC transmission line, impedance
Waves in free space
Energy, momentum and angular momentum carried by E & M waves, Poynting vector
Wave reflection at impedance discontinuity, impedance matching by quarter wavelength transformer
E & M waves in a plasma, reflection by the ionospheric plasma, global waveguide
Radiation of E & M waves by accelerated charges, radiation from antennas

Physical optics (8 lectures)

Interference: Young's double slit experiment, multiple slits, grating interferometer, thin film interference
Diffraction: Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction, resolving power of optical devices

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