Course Description: Electromagnetic Waves (3) I, Vector fields, Maxwell's equations, Electromagnetic field energy, wave equation, polarized light, time average measurement, Fresnel equations, scalar and vector potentials, gauge transformations, dispersion, metal optics, crystal optics, dipole radiation, mathematical formalism of polarized light.

Course Objectives: Study wave optics in the framework of Maxwell's equations and gain familiarity with mathematical tools.

Course Outline by Topical Areas:

Vector fields, Greens identities, Uniqueness and Helmholtz theorem

Maxwell's equations charge conservation, boundary conditions, field energy and Poynting vector, wave equation, dispersive medium and group velocity, polarized light and time average measurement

Reflection and refraction of light at dielectric interface, optical admittance and impedance, Fresnel equations, conservation of energy, Brewster angle incidence, total-internal reflection, unpolarized light

Scalar and vector potentials of electromagnetic fields, Lorentz gauge, Coulomb gauge

Classical theory of dispersion, Sellmeier and Cauchy formulas of refractive index

Metal optics, Drude model, frequency dependent conductivity, low, intermediate and high frequency regions, reflectivity, transmissivity, power absorbed, surface of constant phase and constant amplitude and Snell's law of refraction

Optics of crystals, dielectric tensor, birefringence, plane wave propagation, wave vector surface, wave surface, and refraction of light in crystals

Dipole radiation, Greens functions, retarded and advanced potentials, Lorentz gauge, far-zone approximation, structure and properties of dipole fields

Mathematical formalism of polarized light, Jones method, coherency matrix, Mueller matrix method, Poincare sphere, optical activity

Course Requirements:

Homework: Averages 3-4 problems per week.

Examinations: Two midterms and one final

Computer Language: None

Computer Facilities: None

Laboratory: None

Project: None

Degree Applicability:

CE[AA]	CH[NA]	CS[AA]	EE[BDE]	EM[E]	ESM[NA]	MAT[E]
MBA[NA]	ME[E]	MES[BE]	MSE[E]	SE[NA]	SY[AA]

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NTU Semester Credit Hours: 3
Number of Lecture Hours: 45 (50 minute) lectures
Days Class Meets on Campus: Monday/Wednesday/Friday

Contributing Scholar:
Ewan Wright
Optical Sciences Center
University of Arizona
Meinel Bldg., 626
Tucson, AZ   85721
Phone: 520-621-2406

Fax: 520-621-4358
ewan.wright@optics.arizona.edu
http://www.optics.arizona.edu/Wright

Note: Contributing Scholars are responsible for the design, organization, content, and presentation of NTU courses. Online classroom management, student management, and other matters related to academic administration of courses are the responsibility of support "Faculty". Either person is often called "Instructor". To identify and differentiate between these roles, we use the terms "Contributing Scholar" and "Faculty".

Academic/Administrative Contact:  
Ms. Pam Shack
Phone: 520-626-4573
Fax: 520-626-1102
pshack@email.arizona.edu


Prerequisites: Phys 241 - Introductory Electricity and Magnestism.- Field concepts, electrostatics, magnetostatics, currents, electromagnetic phenomena and electromagnetic waves. Math 223. - Vector Calculus - Vectors, differential and integral calculus of several variables.

Textbooks: (Order Materials)

1.	Optional: Introduction to Modern Optics, Fowles, Dover, 1989.
2.	Class notes are made available at instructor's homepage: http://www.optics.arizona.edu/Wright