Lecture 19: Waves in Medium

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Lecture Topics

  • Waves in medium
  • Refraction index
  • Brewster’s angle

Lecture Video: Waves in Medium

Prof. Lee discusses the propagation of light in the dielectric medium. He also shows an interesting phenomenon, the Brewster’s angle, and demonstrates the effect in the class.

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Lecture Notes

This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Typed Notes for Lecture 19 (PDF)

This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Handwritten Notes for Lecture 19 (PDF - 1.9MB)

Textbook Reading

Chapter 12: Polarization (PDF - 1.4MB) (section 12.4 to end) 

Problem Set

Problem Set 9 (PDF)

In-class Demonstrations

HOW IT'S DONE SEE IT IN THE LECTURE
Brewster's Angle @ 01:16:29 and @ 01:18:57

Related Resources

Video: Polarization of Light by uclaphysicsvideo on YouTube

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