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Fundamentals of Physics II

Yale,, Fall 2006 , Prof. Ramamurti Shankar

Updated On 02 Feb, 19

Overview

Electrostatics - Electric Fields - Gauss's Law and Application to Conductors and Insulators - The Electric Potential and Conservation of Energy - Capacitors - Resistance - Circuits and Magnetism - Ampere's Law - Lenz's and Faraday's Laws - LCR CircuitsDC Voltage - LCR CircuitsAC Voltage - Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves - Ray or Geometrical Optics - Wave Theory of Light;Quantum Mechanics:The key experiments and wave-particle duality - Measurement theory, states of definite energy - Particle in a Box - Time-dependent Schrdinger Equation - Summary of postulates and special topics

Includes

Lecture 18: Wave Theory of Light

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Lecture Details

For more information about Professor Shankars book based on the lectures from this course,� Fundamentals of Physics Mechanics,� Relativity, and Thermodynamics, visit� httpbit.ly1jFIqNu.

Fundamentals of Physics, II (PHYS 201)

Youngs double slit experiment shows clearly that light is a wave. (In order to observe the wave behavior of light, the slit size and separation should be comparable or smaller than the wavelength of light.) Interference is described using real and complex numbers (in anticipation of quantum mechanics). Grating and crystal diffraction are analyzed.

0000 - Chapter 1. Revisions to Geometric Optics
0820 - Chapter 2. Youngs double slit experiment
5052 - Chapter 3. Interference and Diffraction of Light

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website httpopen.yale.educourses

This course was recorded in Spring 2010.

For more information about Professor Shankars book based on the lectures from this course,� Fundamentals of Physics Mechanics,� Relativity, and Thermodynamics, visit� httpbit.ly1jFIqNu.

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Sam

Excellent course helped me understand topic that i couldn't while attendinfg my college.

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Dembe

Great course. Thank you very much.

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