Lecture Notes

This section contains lecture notes in both PDF and PowerPoint formats. Some of the slides include animations, which can be seen by viewing the PowerPoint file as a slide show.

LEC # PDF FILES POWERPOINT FILES
1 Introduction: iPhone components (PDF - 3.0MB) Introduction: iPhone components (PPT - 3.2MB)
2 Energy and power (PDF - 2.2MB) Energy and power (PPT - 2.3MB)
3 Electrical vs. gas engine (PDF - 1.7MB) Electrical vs. gas engine (PPT - 2.8MB)
4 Energy in electrical systems (PDF - 2.4MB) Energy in electrical systems (PPT - 1.2MB)
5 Electrostatics (Gauss's law and boundary conditions) (PDF - 1.6MB) Electrostatics (Gauss's law and boundary conditions) (PPT - 3.2MB)
6 Magnetostatics (magnetic fields and forces) (PDF - 1.7MB) Magnetostatics (magnetic fields and forces) (PPT - 5.9MB)
7 Forces in magnetostatics (actuators) (PDF - 1.7MB) Forces in magnetostatics (actuators) (PPT - 2.4MB)
8 Practical MQS systems (torroids, solenoids, magnets) (PDF - 2.4MB) Practical MQS systems (torroids, solenoids, magnets) (PPT - 1.7MB)
9 Magnetic materials (PDF - 2.6MB) Magnetic materials (PPT - 3.2MB)
10 Faraday's law (induced emf) (PDF - 3.6MB) Faraday's law (induced emf) (PPT - 17.8MB)
11 Magnetic circuits and transformers (PDF - 1.1MB) Magnetic circuits and transformers (PPT - 12.2MB)
12 Forces via energy conservation (energy method) (PDF - 1.1MB) Forces via energy conservation (energy method) (PPT - 13.5MB)
13 Stored energy and magnetic actuators (PDF - 1.2MB) Stored energy and magnetic actuators (PPT - 20.1MB)
14 Energy conversion systems: rail guns (PDF) Energy conversion systems: rail guns (PPT - 6.5MB)
15 Dielectrics and dipoles (PDF - 1.6MB) Dielectrics and dipoles (PPT - 13.9MB)
16 Practical dielectrics (PDF) Practical dielectrics (PPT - 14.5MB)
17 Limits of statics and quasistatics (PDF - 1.7MB) Limits of statics and quasistatics (PPT - 5.0MB)
18 Linear systems, complex numbers and phasors (PDF) Linear systems, complex numbers and phasors (PPT - 9.0MB)
19 Electromagnetic waves (wave equation) (PDF) Electromagnetic waves (wave equation) (PPT - 14.8MB)
20 Examples of uniform EM plane waves (Poynting vector) (PDF - 1.4MB) Examples of uniform EM plane waves (Poynting vector) (PPT - 17.0MB)
21 Generating EM waves: antennas (PDF - 1.3MB) Generating EM waves: antennas (PPT - 17.8MB)
22 Interaction of atoms and EM waves (Lorentz oscillator) (PDF) Interaction of atoms and EM waves (Lorentz oscillator) (PPT - 16.3MB)
23 Lossy EM waves (PDF) Lossy EM waves (PPT - 17.7MB)
24 Polarized light and polarizers (PDF - 1.5MB) Polarized light and polarizers (PPT - 14.9MB)
25 Birefringence (PDF - 1.5MB) Birefringence (PPT - 17.2MB)
26 Liquid crystal display (LCD) technology (PDF - 3.9MB) Liquid crystal display (LCD) technology (PPT - 32.3MB)
27 Interference and diffraction (PDF) Interference and diffraction (PPT - 29.7MB)
28 Diffraction and holography (PDF) Diffraction and holography (PPT - 6.8MB)
29 Reflection and transmission of EM waves (PDF - 1.1MB) Reflection and transmission of EM waves (PPT - 17.7MB)
30 EM reflection and transmission in layered media (PDF) EM reflection and transmission in layered media (PPT - 15.1MB)
31 Optical resonators (PDF - 1.7MB) Optical resonators (PPT - 26.2MB)
32 Refraction and Snell's law (PDF - 1.6MB) Refraction and Snell's law (PPT - 16.6MB)
33 Fresnel equations and EM power flow (PDF - 1.7MB) Fresnel equations and EM power flow (PPT - 8.5MB)
34 Waveguides (optical systems) (PDF - 3.0MB) Waveguides (optical systems) (PPT - 15.6MB)
35 Wavepackets (PDF - 1.3MB) Wavepackets (PPT - 9.3MB)
36 Photon: quantum of energy (PDF - 2.7MB) Photon: quantum of energy (PPT - 14.2MB)
37 Photon momentum and uncertainty (PDF - 2.2MB) Photon momentum and uncertainty (PPT - 10.2MB)
38 Examples of Heisenberg uncertainty principle (PDF - 2.9MB) Examples of Heisenberg uncertainty principle (PPT - 16.7MB)
39 Schrodinger equation (PDF) Schrodinger equation (PPT - 7.3MB)
40 Particle in a box (PDF - 1.2MB) Particle in a box (PPT - 6.9MB)
41 Reflection from a potential step (PDF - 2.0MB) Reflection from a potential step (PPT - 8.5MB)
42 Tunneling (PDF - 1.2MB) Tunneling (PPT - 6.4MB)
43 Tunneling applications (flash memory, STM) (PDF - 2.2MB) Tunneling applications (flash memory, STM) (PPT - 9.8MB)
44 From atoms to molecules (PDF - 1.0MB) From atoms to molecules (PPT -17.1MB)
45 Semiconductors (PDF - 1.4MB) Semiconductors (PPT - 10.6MB)
46 Light emitting diodes (LEDs) (PDF) Light emitting diodes (LEDs) (PPT - 3.9MB)
47 Photodetectors, solar cells (PDF) Photodetectors, solar cells (PPT)
48 Electron wavepackets and microscopic Ohm's law (PDF - 1.4MB) Electron wavepackets and microscopic Ohm's law (PPT - 5.3MB)
49 Quantum superposition and optical transitions (PDF - 1.5MB) Quantum superposition and optical transitions (PPT - 3.8MB)
50 Lasers (PDF - 2.8MB) Lasers (PPT - 10.9MB)