FY506: Electromagnetism II (5 ECTS)

STADS: 07009201

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: permorgen@sdu.dk

Timetable
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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, basic optical instruments, and the nature of light as electromagnetic waves.

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 

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
• Using geometric optics, analyze beam paths in optical systems with up to two components
• describe interference phenomena among harmonic waves in one and two spatial dimensions 
• mathematically describe basic diffraction phenomena and explain the fundamental limitations it places on resolution of optical/spectral instruments
• explain how an optical microscope works and sketch the imaging and the illumination paths
• report their laboratory experiments in a formally correct and complete way (including result analysis and discussion and error discussion)

Subject overview
Lectures and tutorials (3 ECTS):

1. Inductance and alternating current circuits
2. Maxwell equations in integral and differential form (electromagnetic waves; superposition principle)
3. Light waves (Huygen’s principle; refraction and reflection)
4. Mirrors and lenses (optical instruments, eye, telescope, microscope)
5. Interference phenomena
6. Diffraction (diffraction and resolution limit)

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 interference

Literature

• Halliday, Resnick and Krane: Physics, Volume 2, Fifth Edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc..
• udleverede noter..

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
Participation in the experimental lab-exercises is a prerequisite for participation in exam a.

Assessment and marking:

1. Approval of written reports, joint assessment, pass/fail, internal censorship by the teacher. Deadline given by the teacher (2 ECTS). (07007412)
2. A 4 hour written exam with external censorship. Grade according to the Danish 7-point grading scale (3 ECTS). (07007402)

Re-examination: part a.: 2 weeks after the first examination. Part b in week 9.
The examination form in both a. and b. may be different from that of the ordinary exam.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 22 hours
Skills training phase: 28 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 14 hours
 - Laboratory exercises: 14 hours

Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in Danish or English, depending on the lecturer. However, if international students participate, the teaching language will always be English.

Course enrollment
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Tuition fees for single courses
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