Syllabus

Module 1: (7 hours)
Review of Simple Harmonic Motion, Damped and Forced oscillations, Resonance, coupled oscillations. Normal modes.

Module 2: (7 hours)
Wave Motion, wave equation, plane waves, phase velocity, superposition, wave packets and group velocity, dispersion relations.

Module 3: (10 hours)
Divergence and curl of static Electric & magnetic fields, Faraday’s law and Maxwell's correction for time dependent fields, Maxwell's equations in vacuum & media. EM waves & transverse nature of waves.

Module 4: (6 hours)
Coherence, superposition of waves, Interference, Two-beam and Multi-beam interference.

Module 5: (6 hours)
Fresnel Biprism, Newton’s rings, Michelson Interferometer, Thin films.

To learn independent and coupled oscillation processes such as springs, atoms, etc.

To learn the effect of damping on the oscillation process.

To learn wave motion and energy transmission.

To Formulate and analyze Maxwell’s equations in both vacuum and material media, emphasizing their physical significance.

5. To learn the basic optics phenomena such as coherence, superposition, interference, and their applications.

At the end of the course, students will be able to:
CO1: Recognize and use mathematical oscillator equation and wave equation and derive these equations for certain systems.

CO2: Understand the effect of damping and periodic force on the oscillating body.

CO3: Understand the making of the Lissajous figures and the motion of coupled oscillators.

CO4: Understand the formulation of Maxwell’s equations in both vacuum and material media.

CO5: Use the principles of wave motion and superposition to explain the physics of interference.

A. P. French, Vibrations and Waves: MIT Introductory Physics Series, CBS Publishers.

A. Ghatak, Optics, Tata-McGraw Hill.

H. J. Pain, The Physics of Vibrations and Waves, Wiley (2005).

F. A. Jenkins and H. E. White, Fundamentals of Optics, Tata-McGraw Hill (2017).