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WEEK #
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LEC #
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TOPICS
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1
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1
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Introduction, Simple Harmonic Oscillators
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2
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2
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More Simple and Damped Harmonic Oscillators
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3
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Harmonically Driven Oscillators and Resonance
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3
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4
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Transient Behavior and Beats
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5
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Coupled Oscillators
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4
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E1
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Exam #1
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6
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Driven Coupled Oscillators
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5
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7
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Wave Equation, Boundary Conditions, Pulses
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8
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Simple Waves
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6
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9
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Harmonic Components of Arbitrary Waves: Fourier Series
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10
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Fourier Examples
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7
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11
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Dispersion
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E2
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Exam #2
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9
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12
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Maxwell’s Equations, EM Plane Waves
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13
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Polarization, Energy and Poynting Vector
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10
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14
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Polarization, Radiation from Accelerated Charge, Scattering
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15
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Boundary Conditions at Perfect Conductors, Reflections, Transmission Lines
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11
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16
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Waveguides, Resonant Cavities
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17
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Index of Refraction, Boundary Conditions for Dielectrics
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12
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E3
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Exam #3
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13
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18
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Interference
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19
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Thin Films, Multiple Beam Interference, Phased Array Antennas
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14
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20
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Introduction to Diffraction
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21
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Diffraction, Diffraction Gratings
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15
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22
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Gravitational Waves
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23
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Doppler Effect
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16
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E4
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Exam #4
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