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Instructor informal sessions:

• Tu 3:30-4:20pm, RAS 213.
• Fri 4-4:50pm, ECJ 1.204.

Lec 32 EM waves - II (iq27)

· Demos:

o Generation and transport of em waves

o Polarization of em waves

o Spectrum of em waves

· Equal partition of electric and magnetic energies

· Intensity and Poynting vector

· EM waves from a point source (PQ293)

· Radiation pressure

· Polarization of light (Read Sec. 33.3 and see PQ289)

Reminder:

• Complete your reading on chapter 33 and work on HW11.
• There will be an informal instructor discussion session on this Friday at the usual time and place( Fri 4-4:50pm, ECJ 1.204.)
• I will review unit 3 material on Monday.
• Midterm 3 is on the coming Thursday.