Class 1 will motivate the course, and provide a refresher to the basics: Maxwell equations, plane waves, energy in electromagnetism, and boundary conditions
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Time: Monday Mar 30, 09:00 to 11:00
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Class over ZOOM. Followed by tutorial over Slack and Zoom
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Slides: PDF of course slides class 1
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Exercise: PDF of Exercise 1
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TAs: Isabelle Palstra [i.palstra@amolf.nl] and Tom Wolterink [t.wolterink@amolf.nl]
Relevant reading for Class 1
- Griffiths - Classical Electrodynamics (3rd Edition).
- Section 7.3: paragraphs 7.3.3 Maxwells equation, 7.3.5 Maxwell equations in matter, 7.3.6 Boundary conditions
- Section 8.1: Poynting’s theorem
- Section 9.2: Electromagnetic waves in vacuum
- Section 9.3: Electromagnetic waves in matter
- Alternatively, Novotny & Hecht - Principles of Nano-optics (1st Edition purple cover)
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations, sections 2.1 to 2.9 and 2.11