Physics103 Waves

Table of contents

1. CHAPTER 1 Free Oscillations of Simple Systems
2. CHAPTER 2 Free Oscillations of Systems with Many Degrees of Freedom
3. CHAPTER 3 Forced Oscillations
4. CHAPTER 4 Traveling Waves
5. CHAPTER 5 Refection
6. CHAPTER 6 Modulations, Pulses, and Wave Packets
7. CHAPTER 7 Waves in Two and Three Dimensions
8. CHAPTER 8 Polarization
9. CHAPTER 9 Interference and Diffraction
10. Supplementary Topics

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CHAPTER 1 Free Oscillations of Simple Systems

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Free Oscillations of Systems with One Degree of Freedom
• 1.3 Iinearity and the Superposition Principle
• 1.4 Free Oscillations of Systems with Two Degrees of Freedom
• 1.5 Beats
• Problems and Home Experiments and Home Experiments

CHAPTER 2 Free Oscillations of Systems with Many Degrees of Freedom

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Transverse Modes of Continuous String
• 2.3 General Motion of Continuous String and Fourier Analysis
• 2.4 Modes of a Noncontinuous System with N Degrees of Freedom
• Problems and Home Experiments and Home Experiments

CHAPTER 3 Forced Oscillations

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Damped Driven One-dimensional Harmonic Oscillator
• 3.3 Resonances in System with Two Degrees of Freedom
• 3.4 Filters
• 3.5 Forced Oscillations of Closed System with Many Degrees of Freedom
• Problems and Home Experiments and Home Experiments

CHAPTER 4 Traveling Waves

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Harmonic Traveling Waves in One Dimension and Phase Velocity
• 4.3 Index of Refraction and Dispersion
• 4.4 Impedance and Energy Flux
• Problems and Home Experiments and Home Experiments

CHAPTER 5 Refection

• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Perfect Termination
• 5.3 Refection and Transmission
• 5.4 Impedance Matching between Two Transparent Media
• 5.5 Refection in Thin Films
• Problems and Home Experiments and Home Experiments

CHAPTER 6 Modulations, Pulses, and Wave Packets

• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Group Velocity
• 6.3 Pulses
• 6.4 Fourier Analysis of Pulses
• 6.5 Fourier Analysis of a Traveling Wave Packet
• Problems and Home Experiments

CHAPTER 7 Waves in Two and Three Dimensions

• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Harmonic Plane Waves and the Propagation Vector
• 7.3 Water Waves
• 7.4 Electromagnetic Waves
• 7.5 Radiation from a Point Charge
• Problems and Home Experiments

CHAPTER 8 Polarization

• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 Description of Polarization States
• 8.3 Production of Polarized Transverse Waves
• 8.4 Double Refraction
• 8.5 Bandwidth, Coherence Time, and Polarization
• Problems and Home Experiments

CHAPTER 9 Interference and Diffraction

• 9.1 Introduction
• 9.2 Interference between Two Coherent Point Sources
• 9.3 Interference between Two Independent Sources
• 9.4 How Large Can a “Point” Light Source Be?
• 9.5 Angular Width of a “Beam” of Traveling Waves
• 9.6 Diffraction and Huygens’ Principle
• 9.7 Geometrical Optics
• Problems and Home Experiments

Supplementary Topics

• 1 “Microscopic” Examples of Weakly Coupled Identical Oscillators
• 2 Dispersion Relation for de Broglie Waves
• 3 Penetration of a “Particle” into a ““Classically Forbidden”Region of Space
• 4 Phase and Group Velocities for de Broglie Waves
• 5 Wave Equations for de Broglie Waves
• 6 Electromagnetic Radiation from a One-dimensional “Atom”
• 7 Time Coherence and Optical Beats
• 8 Why Is the Sky Bright?
• 9 Electromagnetic Waves in Material Media
• Appendix
• Supplementary Reading
• Index