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Physics 4D: Electromagnetic Waves, Optics

and Special relativity.


Winter 2012, Physics Department, UCSD

INSTRUCTOR: Congjun Wu (5430 MH)


Email: [email protected], Tel: 858-5343325
TA: Ben Holladay, [email protected]
Time/Place: TUTH: 09:30a - 10:50a; Fri: 09:00a - 09:50a YORK 4080A
Instructor Office hours: Thursday: 1:00am - 2:00 pm
TA office hour: TBA; Problem session: TBA.

Text Books:

1. Giancoli, Physics for Scientists Engineers,

2. Ohanian, Special Relativity: A Modern Introduction.

Reference Books

1. R. P. Feynman, Feynman’s lecture notes on Physics, Vol I and II, Addison


Wesley Longman (June 1970).

Grade:
20% problem sets, 50% quizzes, 30% final exam. There will be 5 quizzes, once
every two weeks. They will be usually on Firday but subject to change.

Homework Assignments:
Homework will be assigned every week. It will be collected but not graded.

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Class Schedule
1. (Week 1-2) Maxwell equation and EM waves (4 classes)

2. (Week 3-4) Light: reflection and refractioin (5 classes)

3. (Week 5-6) Light as waves (I) interference

4. (Week 7-8) Light as waves (II) Diffraction and polarization

5. (Week 9-10) Special relativity

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