3 credits
20.0 h + 20.0 h
Q1
This learning unit is not being organized during year 2018-2019.
Language
French
Prerequisites
This course assumes acquired the notions of mathematics and physics such as taught in the courses LEPL1101, LEPL1102, LEPL1105 , LEPL1201 et LEPL1202
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
The course deals with wave physics, with a special emphasis on electromagnetic waves. It starts by writing Maxwell's equations, followed by a derivation of the wave equation from Maxwell's equations or from classical mechanics, and discusses its general solutions. The characteristics of simple waves are presented (frequency, wavelength, Doppler effect, polarisation,...). The behaviour of waves at the interface between two systems is then studied (Snell's and Fresnel's equations). Interference phenomena, including diffraction, are presented for local point and extended sources. Standing waves are then considered, as well as wave packets. The generation of electromagnetic waves is finally discussed (antennas and oscillating dipoles).
Content
Waves
1.1. Displacement current' integrated approach of electromagnetism
1.2. Maxwell's equations and the wave equation
1.3. Solutions to the wave equation; mechanical waves
1.4. Polarization; reflection et refraction
1.5. Interferences
1.6. Diffraction
1.7. Standing waves and wave packets
1.8. Electromagnetic radiation and antennas
1.1. Displacement current' integrated approach of electromagnetism
1.2. Maxwell's equations and the wave equation
1.3. Solutions to the wave equation; mechanical waves
1.4. Polarization; reflection et refraction
1.5. Interferences
1.6. Diffraction
1.7. Standing waves and wave packets
1.8. Electromagnetic radiation and antennas
Teaching methods
Lectures (CM).
Learning based on exercises (APE), problems (APP) or laboratory (LABO) work by groups of students.
Learning based on exercises (APE), problems (APP) or laboratory (LABO) work by groups of students.
Evaluation methods
Written exam at the end of the quadrimester; a mid-quadrimester interrogation is also organized; a public presentation by the students of their group work (APP or LABO) is also organized at the start of some lectures.
The students are provided for the exam (and the interrogation) with a reference formula sheet available for download on the course website.
The students are provided for the exam (and the interrogation) with a reference formula sheet available for download on the course website.
Faculty or entity
BTCI
