Academics
Dop Course Outline
OSA020 Electromagnetism
Last Revised: 2018-03-27
Course Objectives
To give students a general knowledge of light waves and to provide a solid foundation for the courses of Fourier Optics and Crystal Optics which are 2 of the core courses of our graduate program.
Prerequisite
Textbook 1. Dale R. Corson, Paul Lorrain and Francois Lorrain, Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Phenomena (New York : W.H. Freeman, c2000)
2. David K. Cheng, Field and Wave Electromagnetics , 2nd ed. (Addison-Wesley,
1989).
3. M.A. Heald and J.B. Marion, Classical electromagnetic radiation 3rd Ed.(Saunders College Publishing)
4. The instructor‘s own lecture notes.
Topical Outline 1. Vector analysis
2. Maxwell equations
3. Wave equations and plane wave solution
4. Reflection and refraction of plane waves
5. Guided waves
6. Radiation
Prerequisite
Textbook 1. Dale R. Corson, Paul Lorrain and Francois Lorrain, Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Phenomena (New York : W.H. Freeman, c2000)
2. David K. Cheng, Field and Wave Electromagnetics , 2nd ed. (Addison-Wesley,
1989).
3. M.A. Heald and J.B. Marion, Classical electromagnetic radiation 3rd Ed.(Saunders College Publishing)
4. The instructor‘s own lecture notes.
Topical Outline 1. Vector analysis
2. Maxwell equations
3. Wave equations and plane wave solution
4. Reflection and refraction of plane waves
5. Guided waves
6. Radiation
