| week |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
| 9/2 |
syllabus, harmonic
oscillator |
energy conservation, LC circuit |
pendulum, "effective spring constant",
physical pendulum |
|
| 9/9 |
complex numbers |
complex exponential, geometrical interpretation,
harmonic oscillator |
examples, beats |
damped oscillator |
| 9/16 |
damped ocsillator |
driven oscillator & resonance |
transients, damped driven oscillator
& resonance |
transients, damped driven oscillator
& resonance |
| 9/23 |
power & resonance |
RLC circuit, complex impedance |
complex impedance, parallel RC circuit |
series RC circuit, power in AC circuits |
| 9/30 |
coupled oscillators, superposition of
normal modes, beats |
examples of coupled oscillators &
normal modes |
string equation of motion |
normal modes of string |
| 10/7 |
boundary conditions and normal modes;
idea of Fourier series |
Young's modulus, compressional vibrations
of a rod, air |
Bulk modulus of gas; homework discussion |
review |
| 10/14 |
EXAM 1 |
went over exam |
traveling waves, frequency, wavenumber,
etc. |
sound in gas, superposition of traveling
waves |
| 10/21 |
superposition & energy |
plane waves, wave vector, energy density
& intensity, spherical waves, 3d wave eqn |
reflection from fixed and free ends |
partial reflection & transmission |
| 10/28 |
NO CLASS: physics bldg shut |
reflected & transmitted waves, impedance
matching |
dispersion, wavepackets |
group velocity, waves on shallow &
deep water |
| 11/4 |
dispersion from differential equation,
Schrodinger eqn, wavepackets, uncertainty relation |
differential form of Maxwell's equations,
continuity equation |
electromagnetic waves |
displacement current, generation of
EM waves |
| 11/11 |
radiation pressure, EM spectrum |
speed of light in vacuo & matter,
reflection & refraction, wavefronts & rays |
Huygen's principle, total internal reflection |
refraction in inhomogeneous media,
Fermat's principle |
| 11/18 |
Doppler effect for sound |
review |
EXAM 2 |
go over exam |
| 11/25 |
Mach cone, Doppler for EM waves |
polarization, filters, Malus' law |
liquid crystal displays, polarization by reflection, by scattering,
optical activity |
Thanksgiving |
| 12/2 |
circular polarization, interference |
interference-thin films |
interference-two spatially separated
sources |
NO CLASS: snow |
| 12/9 |
two spatially separated souce interference,
sound interferometer |
Michelson interferometer,
combined double/single
slit interference patterns |
circular aperture, N slits, diffraction gratings, resolving power |
diffraction grating, spectra, electron
(matter wave) diffraction |
| 12/16 |
REVIEW, 1-3 pm, Room 4102,4208, or 4220 |
REVIEW, 4-6 pm, Room 4102,4208, or 4220 |
FINAL EXAM |