Electromagnetic Energy: From Motors to Lasers

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LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction: iPhone components
2	Energy and power	Problem set 1 out
3	Electrical vs. gas engine
4	Energy in electrical systems
5	Electrostatics (Gauss’s law and boundary conditions)
6	Magnetostatics (magnetic fields and forces)	Problem set 1 due Problem set 2 out
	Lab 1: DC motor, MATLAB, oscilloscope
7	Forces in magnetostatics (actuators)
8	Practical MQS systems (torroids, solenoids, magnets)
9	Magnetic materials
10	Faraday’s law (induced emf)	Problem set 2 due Problem set 3 out
11	Magnetic circuits and transformers
12	Forces via energy conservation (energy method)
13	Stored energy and magnetic actuators	Problem set 3 due Problem set 4 out
14	Energy conversion systems: rail guns
15	Dielectrics and dipoles
16	Practical dielectrics
17	Limits of statics and quasistatics
	Lab 2: Shooting magnets
18	Linear systems, complex numbers and phasors
19	Electromagnetic waves (wave equation)	Problem set 4 due Problem set 5 out
	Exam 1
20	Examples of uniform EM plane waves (Poynting vector)
21	Generating EM waves: antennas
22	Interaction of atoms and EM waves (Lorentz oscillator)
23	Lossy EM waves
24	Polarized light and polarizers	Problem set 5 due Problem set 6 out
25	Birefringence
26	Liquid crystal display (LCD) technology
27	Interference and diffraction
28	Diffraction and holography	Problem set 6 due Problem set 7 out
	Lab 3: Liquid crystal displays
29	Reflection and transmission of EM waves
30	EM reflection and transmission in layered media
31	Optical resonators
32	Refraction and Snell’s law	Problem set 7 due Problem set 8 out
33	Fresnel equations and EM power flow
34	Waveguides (optical systems)
35	Wavepackets
36	Photon: quantum of energy	Problem set 8 due Problem set 9 out
	Lab 4: Spectrometer
37	Photon momentum and uncertainty
38	Examples of Heisenberg uncertainty principle
	Exam 2
39	Schrodinger equation
40	Particle in a box
41	Reflection from a potential step
42	Tunneling	Problem set 9 due Problem set 10 out
	Lab 5: Quantum mechanical tunneling
43	Tunneling applications (flash memory, STM)
44	From atoms to molecules
45	Semiconductors
46	Light emitting diodes (LEDs)
47	Photodetectors, solar cells
48	Electron wavepackets and microscopic Ohm’s law	Problem set 10 due
49	Quantum superposition and optical transitions
50	Lasers
	Lab 6: Extra credit lab
51	Final exam review