Physics 42200 - Waves and Oscillations


Lecture notes:

Jan 13 Lecture 1 - Introduction
Jan 15 Lecture 2 - Solutions for simple harmonic motion
Jan 17 Lecture 3 - Simple harmonic motion
Jan 22 Lecture 4 - More simple harmonic motion
Jan 27 Lecture 5 - Damped harmonic motion Example
Jan 29 Lecture 6 - RLC circuits
Jan 31Lecture 7 - Forced oscillations
Feb 3 Lecture 8 - Resonance phenomena
Feb 7 Lecture 9 - Resonance phenomena
Feb 10 Lecture 10 - Various examples
Feb 12 Lecture 11 - Coupled oscillators
Feb 14 Lecture 12 - Coupled oscillators
Feb 17 Lecture 13 - Coupled oscillators
Feb 19 Lecture 14 - Lots and lots of coupled oscillators
Feb 21 Lecture 15 - Initial value problem Example with twenty masses... another example with fifty masses!
Feb 24 Lecture 16 - Other continuous systems.
Feb 26 Lecture 17 - Transmission lines.
Feb 28 Lecture 18 - Fourier analysis Example 1, Example 2, Example 3.
Mathematica stuff for Example 1, Example 2 and Example 3.
Mar 3 Lecture 19 - Fourier transforms.
Mar 5 Lecture 20 - Reflections and impedance.
Mar 7 Lecture 21 - Impedance and waves in 3 dimensions.
Mar 10 Lecture 22 - Waves in 3 dimensions.
Mar 12 Lecture 23 - Review for midterm.
Mar 24 Lecture 24 - Geometric optics.
Mar 26 Lecture 25 - Geometric optics - lenses and mirrors.
Mar 28 Lecture 26 - Geometric optics - lenses.
Mar 31 Lecture 27 - Geometric optics - thick lenses.
Apr 2 Lecture 28 - Geometric optics - thick lens example, apertures.
Mathematica stuff for a ray tracing example
Apr 4 Lecture 29 - Geometric optics - aberrations, optical elements.
Apr 7 Lecture 30 - Electromagnetic waves, polarization.
Apr 9 Lecture 31 - Circular polariztion.
Apr 11 Lecture 32 - Stokes parameters, Mueller matrices, Jones matrices.
Apr 14 Lecture 33 - Mueller matrices, Interference.
Apr 16 Lecture 34 - Interference.
Apr 18 Lecture 35 - Interferometers.
Apr 21 Lecture 36 - Diffraction.
Apr 23 Lecture 37 - Diffraction.
Apr 25 Lecture 38 - Fresnel Diffraction.
Apr 28 Lecture 39 - Review.
Apr 30 Lecture 40 - Review.