Three lectures and one three hour laboratory per week. This course treats the interactions between electrical charges in free space by developing the concepts of potential, electric and magnetic fields, and electromagnetic induction. Maxwell's equations are developed and used to derive the properties of plane electro magnetic waves in free space. Three lectures per week. This course treats the electromagnetic properties of matter, especially the solid state, and the properties of electromagnetic radiation and waves.
Special emphasis is placed on boundary value problems and other useful calculational techniques.
Three lectures per week. The focus is on practical laboratory experience, with collateral readings and discussions to cover the relevant theory. Topics include deposition methods, structural characterizations, optical and electrical characterization of thin films and semiconductor devices. Alternate years, next offered Fall 1999. This Advanced Laboratory course treats experimental techniques in visible, infrared, and magnetic-resonance spectroscopy to investigate electronic, vibrational and rotational transitions in molecules and spin excitations in protons.