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                                    Weekly Office Hours

Location.               Day and Time.               Instructor               email address

144 Loomis               Wed   515-615pm                  James Eckstein.            eckstein@illinois.edu

276 Loomis               Fri 3-5pm.                         Billy Passias.                 passias@illinois.edu

Transport 114 or       Mon 2-4pm.                           Gaurav Tenkila               tenkila2@illinois.edu
143 Loomis              Mon 4-6pm.                           Zijun Wang                    zijun4@illinois.edu

on 8/28, 11/27 and 12/4 the Monday office hours will be held in the Transportation building.  On all other Mondays they will be in 143 Loomis.

 

 

Week	Date	Prelectures	Lectures	Readings Sections from Griffiths 4th Ed.	Homework	Discussions	Exams
1	Monday 8/21/2023		435 REVIEW Lecture 1 Review Maxwell's Equations, Electrostatic Potential, Magnetic Vector Potential Helmholtz Theorem pdf		HW-1 pdf  435 separation of variables HW1Solution
	Tuesday 8/22/2023					Discussion 1 pdf
	Wednesday 8/23/2023		Lecture 2 Electric and Magnetic Fields in Matter Boundary conditions using D, E, B and H pdf		Homework Office Hour 5:15 to 6:15pm Loomis 144	Discussion 1 Solution pdf
	Thursday 8/24/2023
	Friday 8/25/2023		Lecture 3 Faraday's Law and the Ampere/Maxwell Law Inductances and Derivation of the Wave Equation Reminder:  Study AC Circuit Theory pdf
2	Monday 8/28/2023		Lecture 4 Introduction to Conservation Laws pdf	9.1 9.2.2	HW-2 pdf 435 AC Circuit Theory HW2Solution
	Tuesday 8/29/2023					Discussion 2 pdf
	Wednesday 8/30/2023		Lecture 5 Energy Flux, Poynting's Vector, Conservation of Energy pdf Discussion of Levi Civita Symbol pdf Also check out Three dimensions definition in this file: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi-Civita_symbol   Also in the product section look at "A special case of this result is (4):" We will use this product again on Friday.	8.1 8.2.3 9.2.3	Homework Office Hour 5:15 to 6:15pm Loomis 144	Discussion 2 Solution pdf
	Thursday 8/31/2023
	Friday 9/1/2023		Lecture 6 EM Momentum Density, Total Momentum is Field plus Mechanical Conservation of Total Momentum Maxwell Stress Tensor pdf	8.2.3 9.2.3
3	Monday 9/4/2023	Labor Day Holiday
	Tuesday 9/5/2023				HW-3 pdf HW3Solution	Discussion 3 pdf
	Wednesday 9/6/2023		Lecture 7 Using Maxwell Stress Tensor Microscopic model of dielectric response pdf	8.2 8.2.2	Homework Office Hour 5:15 to 6:15pm Loomis 144	Discussion 3 Solution pdf
	Thursday 9/7/2023
	Friday 9/8/2023		Lecture 8 Propagation of EM radiation in dielectrics, Polarization current densithy Microscopic model of dielectric response Complex dielectric function  EM wave packets, phase velocity, group velocity pdf	9.3.1
4	Monday 9/11/2023		Lecture 9 Microscopic model of dielectric response Complex dielectric function pdf	9.4.3	HW-4 pdf HW4Solution
	Tuesday 9/12/2023					Discussion 4 pdf
	Wednesday 9/13/2023		Lecture 10 Phase Velocity, Fourier Transforms, Wave packets, Group Velocity pdf	9.4.3	Homework Office Hour 5:15 to 6:15pm Loomis 144	Discussion 4 Solution pdf
	Thursday 9/14/2023
	Friday 9/15/2023		Lecture 11 Birefringence polarization dependent refractive index, quarter wave plate change linearly polarized light to circularly polarized light Faraday Effect and Magneto-Optical behavior Note:  This is NOT Faraday's Law.  It's a separate discovery. pdf	Notes
5	Monday 9/18/2023		Lecture 12 Reflection and Refraction at Dielectric Interfaces pdf Lecture12notes pdf	9.3.2 9.3.3	HW-5 pdf HW5Solution
	Tuesday 9/19/2023					Discussion 5 pdf
	Wednesday 9/20/2023		Lecture 13 Brewster's Angle pdf	9.4.1	Homework Office Hour 5:15 to 6:15pm Loomis 144	Discussion 5 Solution pdf
	Thursday 9/21/2023
	Friday 9/22/2023		Lecture 14 Propagation of light inside conductors A modified wave equation pdf	9.4.2
6	Monday 9/25/2023		Lecture 15 Reflection from conductors Power reflection coefficient Loss upon Refflection pdf	Notes	HW-6 pdf HW6Solution
	Tuesday 9/26/2023					Discussion 6 pdf
	Wednesday 9/27/2023		Lecture 16 Propagatino of light in a rare plasma Total internal reflection of radio waves a the stratosphere/ionosphere interface pdf Apparent Weight of Photons (Pound Rebka Experiment) pdf	Notes	Homework Office Hour 5:15 to 6:15pm Loomis 144	Discussion 6 Solution pdf
	Thursday 9/28/2023
	Friday 9/29/2023		Lecture 17 Waveguides I pdf	9.5.1
7	Monday 10/2/2023		Lecture 18 Waveguides II, Optical Fiber Modes pdf	9.5.2 notes
	Tuesday 10/3/2023					Discussion 7 pdf
	Wednesday 10/4/2023		Lecture 19 Microwave Cavity Resonators, such as used for Superconducting Qubits Other applications of Cavity Resonators:  Particle Accelerators pdf	9.5.3	Homework Office Hour 5:15 to 6:15pm Loomis 144	Discussion 7 Solution pdf
	Thursday 10/5/2023
	Friday 10/6/2023		This Lecture will be given over Zoom. Lecture 20 Time Dependent Potential Functions,  A(r,t) and V(r,t) Gauge transformations including time dependence Lorentz Gauge  pdf	10.1
8	Monday 10/9/2023		We are back in Loomis 144 for this class. Lecture 21 Solution to Lorentz Gauge Potentials pdf Lecture on same topic from physics 505 (from page 277 on) pdf	10.1
	Tuesday 10/10/2023					Discussion 8 pdf
	Wednesday 10/11/2023		Lecture 22 Solution to Lorentz Gauge Potential Problems pdf	10.1	Homework Office Hour 5:15 to 6:15pm Loomis 144	Discussion 8 Solution pdf	Midterm Exam I Covering Lectures 1 - 16 7-9 pm via Zoom Honor Code Signature Required MT1Solution
	Thursday 10/12/2023				HW-7 pdf HW7Solution
	Friday 10/13/2023		Lecture 23 Solution for time dependent potential functions pdf	10.1 10/2/1
9	Monday 10/16/2023		Lecture 24 Electric Dipole Radiation pdf	11.1
	Tuesday 10/17/2023					Discussion 9 pdf
	Wednesday 10/18/2023		Lecture 25 Radiation from Accelerated Point Charges Larmor Formula pdf	11.2	Homework Office Hour 5:15 to 6:15pm Loomis 144	Discussion 9 Solution pdf
	Thursday 10/19/2023
	Friday 10/20/2023		Lecture 26 Radiation from a Polarization Wave Non-Linear Optics pdf	Notes
10	Monday 10/23/2023		Lecture 27 Non-Linear Optics The first part of these notes is the same as the notes for Lect 26 pdf	Notes	HW8 pdf HW8 Solution pdf
	Tuesday 10/24/2023					Discussion 10 pdf
	Wednesday 10/25/2023		Lecture 28 Non-Linear Optics pdf	Notes	Homework Office Hour 5:15 to 6:15pm Loomis 144	Discussion 10 Solution pdf
	Thursday 10/26/2023
	Friday 10/27/2023		Lecture 29 Applications of Nonlinear Optics Second Harmonic Generation A bit on Gaussian Optics pdf	Notes
11	Monday 10/30/2023		Lecture 30 Electro-optics, EO modulators pdf	Notes	HW9 pdf HW9Solution pdf
	Tuesday 10/31/2023					Discussion 11 pdf
	Wednesday 11/1/2023		Lecture 31 Coordinate Transformations in Special Relativity Lorentz Transformations Lorentz transformations of 4 vectors Lambda Matrices and Covariant and Contravariant 4-vectors pdf	12.1	Homework Office Hour 5:15 to 6:15pm Loomis 144	Discussion 11 Solution pdf
	Thursday 11/2/2023
	Friday 11/3/2023		Lecture 32 Time/Position 4 vector Transformation Wave Vector 4 vector Transformation≈ pdf	12.1
12	Monday 11/6/2023		This Lecture will be given over Zoom,  The link will be emailed to the class on Sunday evening. Lecture 33 Time/Position 4 vector Transformation Energy/Momentum 4 vector pdf	12.1	HW10 pdf HW10Solution pdf
	Tuesday 11/7/2023					Discussion 12 pdf
	Wednesday 11/8/2023		This Lecture will be given over Zoom,  The link will be emailed to the class on Tuesday evening. Lecture 34 Relativistic Equations of Particle Motion What happens to F=ma in Special Relativity? pdf	12.2	Homework Office Hour 5:15 to 6:15pm Loomis 144	Discussion 12 Solution pdf
	Thursday 11/9/2023
	Friday 11/10/2023		Lecture 35 Covariant Electromagnetism     How do Electric and Magnetic Fields transform from one IRF to another     pdf	12.3
13	Monday 11/13/2023		Lecture 36 Electric and Magnetic Fields from a Moving Charge You have to transform coordinates and fields to do this! pdf	12.3
	Tuesday 11/14/2023				HW11 pdf HW11 Solution pdf	Discussion 13 pdf
	Wednesday 11/15/2023	Prelecture 37	Lecture 37 Field Pattern Transformations pdf	12.3	Homework Office Hour 5:15 to 6:15pm Loomis 144	Discussion 13 Solution pdf
	Thursday 11/16/2023						Second Midterm 7 pm on Zoom Link will be mailed Honor Code Signature Required MT2Solution
	Friday 11/17/2023		Lecture 38 Field Pattern Tranformations Maxwell's Equations in Relativistic Form Discussion of Twin Problem pdf	12.3
14	Monday 11/20/2023 to Friday 11/24/2022	Fall break
15	Monday 11/28/2022		Lecture 39 Radiation from a Relativisitic Charge Two ways to do this:  Retarded Potentials Leinard Wiechart Potentials pdf
	Tuesday 11/29/2022					Discussion 14 pdf
	Wednesday 11/30/2022		Lecture 40 Radiation from a Relativisitic Charge Free Electron Lasers pdf	Notes	Homework Office Hour 5:15 to 6:15pm Loomis 144	Discussion 14 Solution pdf
	Thursday 12/1/2022
	Friday 12/2/2022		Lecture 41 Lagrangian for Relativistic Dynamics from Lorentz Force Law Identification of Canonical Momentum.  (Important for QM Hamiltonian Dynamics) pdf	Notes 10.3
16	Monday 12/5/2022		Lecture 42 Lagrangian Formalism pdf
	Tuesday 12/6/2022					Discussion 15 pdf
	Wednesday 12/7/2022		Lecture 43 Lagrangian Formalism (continued) pdf		Homework Office Hour 5:15 to 6:15pm Loomis 144	Discussion 15 Solution pdf
	Thursday 12/8/2022	Reading Day
			Final Exam

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