FY506: Electromagnetism II (5 ECTS)

STADS: 07003601

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.
2nd quarter.

Teacher responsible
Email: vvp@ifk.sdu.dk

Additional teachers
per@ifk.sdu.dk
kloesgen@ifk.sdu.dk

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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
FY503 Electromagnetism I must be known.

Course introduction
To give the students basic knowledge of fundamental principles behind electromagnetic phenomena. The course provides a general conceptual background for understanding alternating current circuits, the nature of light as electromagnetic waves and basic optics including simple optical instruments.

Qualifications
After the course, the students should be able to:

- understand basic phenomena in optics
- design and analyze setups used to project and record optical images
- use optical and spectroscopic instruments

Expected learning outcome
Having followed the course, the students will be able to:
• describe and perform calculations of currents and voltages of alternating current circuits including the evaluation of the impedance of different components and different types of circuits
• explain the physical meaning of Maxwell’s equations and of the physical quantities entering in their definition
• establish simple solutions of the Maxwell equations in one, two, and three spatial dimensions
• describe interference phenomena among harmonic waves in one and two spatial dimensions
•analyze beam paths in geometrical optical systems with up to two components
• explain how an optical microscope works and sketch the imaging and the illumination paths
• describe the polarization properties of light and their effect when light is reflected from interfaces or is transmitted through optically birefringent materials
• report their laboratory experiments in a formally correct and complete way (including result analysis and discussion and error discussion)

Subject overview
Theory part (3 ECTS):
1. Inductance and alternating current circuits
2. Maxwell equations (electromagnetic waves; superposition principle)
3. Light waves (Huygen’s principle; refractive index)
4. Mirrors and lenses (ray tracing; optical instruments)
5. Interference phenomena (Michelson and Fabry-Perot interferometers)
6. Diffraction (diffraction and resolution limit)
7. Gratings and spectra (spectrometer and x-ray diffraction)
8. Polarization

Experimental part (2 ECTS):
Experiments related to the following topics:
1. AC circuits
2. Optical reflection and transmission
3. Optical microscopy.
4. Optical diffraction and polarization

Literature

• Pedrotti: Introduction to Optics, 3rd edition. Pearson International Edition.

Syllabus
See syllabus.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
a) Lab exercises evaluated pass/fail, internal censorship by the teacher. Lab exercises constitute 2 of the 5 ECTS course points. Continuos evaluation. Joint assessment.
b) A 4 hour written exam with external censorship. Grade according to the Danish 7-scale.

Re-examination after 4th quarter.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

24 forelæsningstimer
12 laboratorieøvelsestimer
14 regneøvelsestimer
Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in English.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
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