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Lecture Notes
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Links to visualizations illustrating the concept of electromagnetic radiation. Traveling waves are defined, with diagrams and example of a traveling sine wave. Wavelength, amplitude, period, frequency, and angular frequency demonstrated in a diagram. Diagram of the electromagnetic wave spectrum. Direction of propagation of electromagnetic waves.
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Practice Problem
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Problem 6
Calculating time error for bat's measurement; scale error for methane-filled cave.
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Java Applet
Java Applet
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Applet showing the propagation of waves in two dimensions to illustrate the properties of interference, diffraction, and reflection.
Interference (Pages 1-18 of presentation 33)
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