Physics 42200 - Waves and Oscillations


Lecture notes:

Jan 7 Lecture 1 - Introduction
Jan 9 Lecture 2 - Simple harmonic motion
Jan 11 Lecture 3 - Wave motion
Jan 14 Lecture 4 - Free vibrations
Jan 16 Lecture 5 - Linear approximations
Jan 18 Lecture 6 - Damping
Jan 23 Lecture 7 - RLC circuits
Jan 25 Lecture 8 - Forced oscillations
Jan 28 Lecture 9 - Resonance phenomena
Jan 30 Lecture 10 - Resonance examples
Feb 1 Lecture 11 - Coupled oscillators
Feb 4 Lecture 12, Example - Normal coordinates
Feb 6 Lecture 13 - Normal modes
Feb 8 Lecture 14 - Continuous systems
Feb 11 Lecture 15 - Boundar value problems
Feb 13 Lecture 16 - Fourier analysis
Feb 15 Lecture 17 - Fourier analysis
Feb 18 Lecture 18 - Group velocity, dispersion
Feb 20 Lecture 19 - Reflection coefficients
Feb 22 Lecture 20 - Waves in 3 dimensinos
Feb 25 Lecture 21 - Review
Feb 27 Lecture 22 - Review
Feb 29 Lecture 23 - Maxwell's Equations
Mar 4 Lecture 24 - Propagation of light
Mar 6 Lecture 25 - Polarization
Mar 18 Lecture 26 - Fresnel's Equations
Mar 20 Lecture 27 - Circular polarization
Mar 22 Lecture 28 - Stokes/Mueller/Jones stuff
Mar 25 Lecture 29 - Geometric optics
Mar 27 Lecture 30 - Thin lenses
Mar 29 Lecture 31 - Apertures and stops
Apr 1 Lecture 32 - Thick lenses
Apr 3 Lecture 33 - Aberrations
Apr 5 Lecture 34 - Optical elements
Apr 8 Lecture 35 - Interference, double-slit experiments
Apr 10 Lecture 36 - Interference from thin films, interferometers
Apr 12 Lecture 37 - Multiple beam interferometry
Apr 15 Lecture 38 - Single-slit diffraction
Apr 17 Lecture 39 - Multiple-slit diffraction, gratings
Apr 19 Lecture 40 - Fresnel diffraction
Apr 22 Lecture 41 - Review
Apr 24 Lecture 42 - Review
Apr 26 Lecture 43 - Examples