Electromagnetic wave propagation in vacuum, dielectrics, conductors and ionized gases, reflection, refraction, polarization at the plane boundary between two media; wave guide and transmission line propagation; dipole and quadrupole radiation fields; antenna systems; electromagnetic radiation pressure; transformation of the electromagnetic fields.

Prerequisites: PHYS 3P35, 3P36 and MATH 3P08, 3P09.

Introduction to Electrodynamics, by D. J. Griffiths, 3rd edition

Electrodynamics: Maxwell's equations; boundary conditions; conservation laws, Poynting's theorem.

Electromagnetic waves: EM waves in vacuum; EM waves in matter; Absorption and Dispersion; Waveguides; scattering and diffraction.

Fields and Potentials: Scalar and Vector potentials, gauge transformations.

Radiation of electromagnetic waves: potential of moving charges; dipole radiation, multipole radiation.

Note: This list is tentative. Some topics may be removed, while others may be added. The examination will be only on the material actually covered in the lectures.

Essentially, Chapters 7-11 of the text-book will be covered, with only parts of Ch.7 and Ch.11. The lectures will be supplemented with review of material from Chs. 3, 4, 5 and 6, whenever needed.

• Late Daily Homework Problems will not be accepted
• A student must achieve 50% on the final exam to pass the course.
• Note that the last day to withdraw from duration 3 courses without academic penalty is Friday March 4, 2011.

Daily Homework	20%	homework
Test 1	20%	February TBA
Test 2	20%	March TBA
Final Exam	40%	time TBA location TBA