Physics (PHYS)
Department of Physics
Faculty of Science
PHYS 4307 [0.5 credit]
Electromagnetic Radiation
Electromagnetic wave propagation in a vacuum, dielectrics, conductors, and ionized gases, reflection, refraction, polarization at the plane boundary between two media; waveguide and transmission line propagation; dipole and quadrupole radiation fields; antenna systems. Electromagnetic mass, radiation pressure. Tensor notation, transformation of the electromagnetic fields.
Prerequisites:
PHYS 3308,
PHYS 3801,
PHYS 3807 and
PHYS 3808 (except for Mathematics and Physics Double Honours students), or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.