Lewin, center for future civic media, massachusetts institute of technology, mit. Remember tracing light as lines through a curved lens and seeing whether the image was inverted or right side up and so on. Electromagnetic waves such as light, tv, radio, etc. Radio waves, tv waves, x rays and ultrasound waves used in medical diagnosis and treatment electromagnetic waves. Phys 201 lecture 15 maxwells equations and electromagnetic waves ii. If you have have visited this website previously its possible you may have a mixture of incompatible files. Okay, this is the final lecture on electromagnetism. Because the electric charge is in motion, it also has a magnetic field around it. Some of the lecture notes were prepared in latex by alan dunn, a former mit student. The fields e and b and are perpendicular to the direction of propagation v em.
Some of the slides include animations, which can be seen by viewing the powerpoint file as a slide show. Electromagnetism is a branch of physics involving the study of the electromagnetic force, a type of physical interaction that occurs between electrically charged particles. Electromagnetic radiation covers a wide range of wavelength, from 1010 m for cosmic rays to 1010 m for electrical power waves. For any instant and position, apply the relationship between the electric field magnitude e, the. Electromagnetic waves can be used in a variety of ways. Pdf the electromagnetic spectrum is the complete spectrum or continuum.
Em waves, wave propagation in linearhomogeneousisotropic media part. We have qualitatively demonstrated that there are maxima and minima in the radiation field from two sources, and our problem now is to describe. My hand written class lecture notes are being scanned and uploaded for you to view. Hopefully helpful comments on taking uiuc physics 436. For this we have included pdf notes of each chapter still updating. In previous classes 15a, high school physics, you learned to think about light as rays. Lecture 11 chapter 16 waves i university of virginia.
To see how a changing electric field gives rise to a magnetic field, let us consider the process of charging of a capacitor and apply amperes circuital law given by chapter 4 b. An incident pulse reflecting from a fixed point will be inverted. In order to read the online edition of the feynman lectures on physics, javascript must be supported by your browser and enabled. Electromagnetic waves are created by oscillating electric and magnetic fields. Here you can download the free lecture notes of electromagnetic theory pdf notes emt pdf notes materials with multiple file links to download. From source to detector sound from an instrument to ear cell phone to cell tower and vice versa em waves water waves a disturbance in the water moves outward. Feb 19, 2015 electromagnetic spectrum explained gamma x rays microwaves infrared radio waves uv visble light duration. Plane electromagnetic waves can be expressed as e c. Sound waves, water waves, seismic waves mechanical waves. When an electric charge vibrates, the electric field around it changes.
Maxwells equations in their final form are written down and then considered in free space, away from charges and currents. Introduction and electrostatics, magnetostatics, electrodynamics, electromagnetism and relativity, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetism in matter. Wave equations uniform plane wave motion in free space, conductors and dielectrics velocity, wave length, intrinsic impedence and skin depth poynting theorem poynting vector and its significance. The electromagnetic force is carried by electromagnetic fields composed of electric fields and magnetic fields, and it is responsible for electromagnetic radiation such as light. Lecture 12 electromagnetic waves in a vacuum, energy and momentum of em waves. The next four chapters discuss various aspects of optics, the science of light. Commonly observed propagation effects are depicted. Maxwells equations have wavelike solutions for the electric and magnetic elds in free space. Pdf files general orientational information, a brief history of electromagnetism. The electromagnetism lecture notes is a book to provide an introduction to electromagnetism for electrical and electronics engineers. The physical meaning of the components of the wave equation and their applications are discussed. When you come back from the break we will start doing optics.
Hewson an introduction to the theory of electromagnetic waves longman group ltd. Nature of electromagnetic waves a general plane wave with angular frequency. Of these sources, electromagnetic waves is by far the most important. Electromagnetic fields and waves lectures download book. Expressions for the energy density and energy ow in an electromagnetic eld may be obtained from poyntings. Lecture 22 electromagnetic waves in a dielectric, dispersion relation.
We use them to communicate, cook, and for medical purposes. I hope, nevertheless that you will find them useful. These lecture notes provide a comprehensive introduction to electromagnetism, aimed at undergraduates. The fact that, unlike newtons laws, maxwells equations are already consistent with relativity is discussed. Fall semester, 2011 all lecture notes, handouts, etc.
If f 2 the two waves add constructive interference note that if the transmitter and receiver are at approximately the same heights, close to the ground, and the antennas are pointed at each other, then d h t,h r and g t q a. These notes are aligned with our channels video lectures. E and b are perpendicular to each other in a manner such that e. Electromagnetic waves 1 light as waves in previous classes 15a, high school physics, you learned to think about light as rays. This section serves as motivation for the fact that light is an electromagnetic wave. Resonance, destructive resonance, electromagnetic waves, speed of light, radio tv, distance determinations using radar and lasers. Kondragunta jagadish babu,assistant professor chadalawada ramanamma engineering college autonomous chadalawada nagar, renigunta road, tirupati 517 506 department of electrical and electronics engineering. Lee shows the electromagnetic wave equation can be derived by using maxwells. Kindly note that some of these notes are not written by us and they are borrowed from student community. Editor, the feynman lectures on physics new millennium edition. Applications of electromagnetic fields and waves, maxwells equations, electrostatics, electric scalar potential, poisson equation, laplace equation, faradays law and electromagnetic induction, electromagnetic wave equation, hertzian dipoles, antenna arrays and electromagnetic scattering.
It will also be helpful for students in preparing them for their engineering syllabus. Unsw australia school of electrical engineering and telecommunications elec3115 electromagnetic engineering course outline session 1, 2014 abstractthis is a summary of how elec3115 is organised and what students are expected to do and learn. Electromagnetics theory vector analysis 9 lectures 00. An introduction to the theory of electromagnetic waves. In materials, like a prism, light can have dispersion. Newly updated as a digital pdf for home or distance learning. Chapter maxwells equations and electromagnetic waves. These are compiled by david tong, department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics, university of cambridge. By applying the boundary conditions on the elds which we derive in the rst part of this lecture, we shall see how the electromagnetic eld. In both classical electromagnetic theory and in quantum electrodynamics, the electromagnetic field or photon field is a vector field represented by a 4vector potential. One set of notes was a resonance equation, demonstrating that as the rate. Maxwells equations and electromagnetic waves i overview.
The radio in your car receives the radio waves, decodes the information, and uses a speaker to change it back into a sound wave, bringing sweet music to your ears. Electromagnetic waves unlike the waves we met last semester, such as sound waves or waves on a string, no medium is required it is not atoms moving around, but instead the electric and magnetic. The lectures are uploaded as pdf files, so you will need adobe acrobat reader in order to read them. Links to rf and microwave courses university lectures and publications. The lectures are uploaded as pdf files, so you will need adobe acrobat. Sources and effects of electromagnetic fields coordinate systems vector fields gradient, divergence, curl theorems and applications electrostatic fields coulombs law electric field intensityefi due to line, surface and volume charges work done in moving a point charge in electrostatic. Pdf electromagnetism lecture notes university of cambridge. The vector r denotes the location in space where the. The wavelength and frequency of electromagnetic waves vary from very long wavelengths to extremely short. Maxwells equations contain the wave equation for electromagnetic waves. This is the threedimensional wave equation in vector form. The current book is an outgrowth of the lecture notes that i prepared for the fourcredit course electrodynamics that was introduced in the uppsala university curriculum in 1992, to become the.
Electromagnetic standing waves in the previous lecture, we saw that. Most of the lectures and course material within open yale courses are licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialshare alike 3. All electromagnetic waves travel in a vacuum with the same speed, a. Electromagnetic waves with wavelengths in the visible spectrum 10. These files show spectra taken of the same star at 10 different moments. This training material will be useful for electrical engineering students as well as those who are preparing gate exams.
The list of the various types of electromagnetic waves, ranging from radio transmission waves to nuclear gammaray. Electromagnetic standing waves in this lecture, we shall see how the waves may be \captured as standing waves in a region of free space bounded by conducting materials an electromagnetic cavity. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the left. This relation implies that electromagnetic waves are dispersionless with velocity c. Lecture 11 chapter 16 waves i forced oscillator from last time slinky example coiled wire rope transverse waves demonstrator longitudinal waves magnetic balls. Rf and microwave courses university lectures and publications.
Please be warned that these are the notes i prepare for myself to lecture from they are not in general carefully prepared for others to read. Imrana ashraf zahid quaidiazam university, islamabad pakistan. Bharadwaj,department of physics and meteorology, iit kharagpur. Longer wavelengths than red go into infrared, then microwaves, then radio waves. In this chapter we shall discuss the subject of the preceding chapter more mathematically. Laser or optical tweezers is an exciting new technique that allows manipulation of microscopic structures or of. Electromagnetic waves are produced when something vibrates an electric charge that moves back and forth.
But well now switch gears and talk about electromagnetic waves. Substitute amperes law for a charge and currentfree region. Apply maxwells equations k r e e0 exp j t k x b b0 exp j t k x r r rr r r rr. This section contains lecture notes in both pdf and powerpoint formats. Electromagnetic waves can be generated by oscillating electric charges. In our daily lives we face many examples of waves and oscillations. Here we first introduce electromagnetic waves and some of their properties including their structure, energy, and momentum. We have qualitatively demonstrated that there are maxima and minima in the radiation field from two sources, and our problem now is to describe the field in mathematical detail, not just qualitatively. Smaller wavelengths than blue are ultraviolet, then x rays than. In this openended and engaging ngss high school research project, students are challenged to investigate the behavior and interactions of one of the electromagnetic waves to fulfill the ngss performance expectation hsps45. Maxwells equations and electromagnetic waves ii overview.