Class Notes III: Other types of waves

Cornell University

Department of Physics

Physics 214 October 15, 2001

• Contents
• List of Figures
• Introduction
• Sound
  • Degrees of freedom
  • Plane waves and polarization
  • Equation of motion
    • Law of motion
    • Constitutive relation
    • Final equation of motion
• Electromagnetic Waves
  • Degrees of freedom
  • Equation of motion
    • Maxwell's Equations
    • Polarization
    • Laws of motion
    • Analogies with sound and strings
    • Wave equation for the electric and magnetic fields
• Summary of connections
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