Lecture Notes

SES # TOPICS LECTURE NOTES
1 Introduction

Coulomb's Law, Superposition

Energy of Charge Distributions
(PDF)
2 Electric Field, Electric Flux, Gauss's Law (PDF)
3 Energy Density of the Field

Electric Potential

Gradient

Gauss's Law Revisited

Divergence
(PDF)
4 Poisson and Laplace Equations

Curl

Uniqueness Theorem

Introduction to Conductors
(PDF)
5 Laboratory 1: Electrostatics  
6 Fields and Potentials around Conductors

Capacitance
(PDF)
7 More on Capacitance (PDF)
8 Current, Continuity Equation

Resistance, Ohm's Law
(PDF)
9 Quiz 1: Purcell, Chapters 1-3  
10 EMF, Circuits

Kirchhoff's Rules
(PDF)
11 Variable Currents, RC Circuits

Thévenin Equivalence
(PDF)
12 Magnetic Force, Magnetic Field

Ampere's Law
(PDF)
13 Special Relativity I: Spacetime (PDF)
14 Special Relativity II: Forces and Fields

Equivalence of Electric and Magnetic Fields
(PDF)
15 Ampere's Law Revisited

Vector Potential, Biot-Savart Law
(PDF)
16 Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law (PDF)
17 Mutual and Self Inductance

Magnetic Field Energy
(PDF)
18 RL Circuits

Undriven RLC Circuits

Phasor Representation
(PDF)
19 Quiz 2: Purcell, Chapters 4-7  
20 Make-up Exam  
21 Driven AC Circuits: Phasors, Impedance

Power and Energy

(PDF)
22 Laboratory 2: RLC Circuit  
23 AC Circuits (Conclusion)

Filters

Quality Factor and Resonance
(PDF)
24 Displacement Current, Maxwell's Equations (PDF)
25 Wave Equation

Electromagnetic Radiation
(PDF)
26 Radiation (cont.)

Polarization, Poynting Vector: Energy, Power and Momentum of Radiation
(PDF)
27 Laboratory 3: Microwaves  
28 Poynting Vector: Energy, Power and Momentum of Radiation, Magnetic Properties of Materials

Transmission Lines
(PDF)
29 Final Exam