Department of Physics

10ΥΕΚΟ02 Electromagnetism II

Course webpage:   https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS127

Course outline

Course content

• Applications of Maxwell’s equations. Introduction of the concept of electromagnetic potentials and gauges.
• The Μaxwell stress tensor. Energy-momentum conservation of the EM field.
• EM waves in non-conducting and conducting media. Reflection and refraction of EM waves. Total reflection. Brewster angle.
• Dispersion of waves.
• Waveguides, resonant cavities and transmission lines.
• Electromagnetic radiation. Electric and magnetic dipole radiation. Liénard-Wiechert potentials. Fields from moving charges. Radiative power. Larmor formula.
• Radiation reaction.