ELECTROMAGNETISM AND OPTICS

Major

Physics

Quarter

Winter

Year

2024

Course Number

PHYS CS 35, Section 1

Enrollment Code

54429

Instructor(s)

Sathya Guruswamy
Ian Banta

Date & Time

TR 3:00 PM-4:50 PM (LECTURE)

R 10:00 AM-11:50 AM (PROBLEM SESSION 1)

R 1:00 PM-2:50 PM (PROBLEM SESSION 2)

Location

GIRV 2124 (LECTURE)

GIRV 2108 (PROBLEM SESSION 1)

GIRV 2108 (PROBLEM SESSION 2)

Course Description

Magnetic induction. Magnetic Materials. AC Circuits. Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic waves. Fermat's principle. Ray optics. Wave optics. Diffraction. Polarization of light.

Required Text

Resnick, Halliday & Krane Physics, Volume 2, 5th Edition Wiley
Purcell, Electricity and Magnetism, 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press
Feynman, R.P., Leighton, R.B. and Sands, M., The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. II, The New Millennium Edition: Mainly Electromagnetism and Matter