2.71 | Spring 2009 | Undergraduate, Graduate

Optics

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Lecture 14: Maxwell's equations; polarization; Poynting's vector

Topics: Maxwell’s equations (cont.); polarization justification of the refractive index; electromagnetic energy flux and Poynting’s vector; irradiance (intensity).

Instructors: George Barbastathis, Colin Sheppard

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