PHYS 436 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Physics 436 Advanced Electromagnetism II
Welcome to Physics 436 -- Class starts on Mon., August 26th, 2024
Phys 436 is the second semester of a year-long course in Classical Electrodynamics. The focus of 435 was to define the basic structure of E&M culminating in the completion of Maxwell's equations and the demonstration of electromagnetic waves. In Phys 436 we will use Maxwell's equations to define conservations laws for energy and momentum, examine in detail the properties of electromagnetic waves, compute how light scatters from interfaces, define the concept of optical dispersion, and investigate how waves propagate in bounded structures such as waveguides and transmission lines. We will also see how accelerating charges generate electromagnetic radiation. Finally, we will show how special relativitiy follows logically from Maxwell's equations, how concepts such as relativistic length contraction are required to make sense of conservation laws, and develop a covariant formulation of E&M. When the course is done you will have the machinery you need to understand any topic that uses E&M, ranging from satellites to fiber optics to transmon qubits.
Contact Information
Please use the email addresses listed below if you have any questions about any of the course components.
| Name | Role | Office Hour | Office Hour Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Kou | Professor |
Wed 10am-11am Extra office hours on 11/8 during class time in usual classroom: 9-10am |
Loomis 258 | akou@illinois.edu |
| Riley Kibbee | Discussion TA |
Thu, Fri 8am-9am |
rkibbee2@illinois.edu | |
| Jierui Hu | Grader | Wed 1pm-2pm | Loomis 258 | jieruih2@illinois.edu |
| Hao-Chien Wang | Grader | Thu 9am-10am | Loomis 258 | hw81@illinois.edu |
| Xiaocheng Yang | Grader | Wed 3pm-4pm | Loomis 258 | xy56@illinois.edu |
Academic Integrity
All activities in this course, including documentation submitted for petition for an excused absence, are subject to the Academic Integrity rules as described in Article 1, Part 4, Academic Integrity, of the Student Code. Note that copying solutions for any component of the course constitutes a FAIR violation and will be referred to the college.