Utkal University, Odisha, Physics Semester 6, ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY Syllabus

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Unit - 1 Maxwell Equations

Unit 1

Maxwell Equations

1.1 Maxwell Equation

1.2 Displacement Current 

1.3 Vector and Scalar Potentials 

1.4 Gauge Transformations Lorentz and Coulomb Gauge 

1.5 Boundary Conditions at Interface between Different Media 

1.6 Wave Equations 

1.7 Plane Waves in Dielectric Media 

1.8 Poynting Theorem and Poynting Vector

1.9 Electro – magnetic EM Energy Density 

1.10 Physical Concept of Electromagnetic Field Energy Density

Unit - 2 EM Wave Propagation In Unbounded Media

Unit 2

EM Wave Propagation in Unbounded Media

2.1 EM Wave Propagation in Unbounded Media Plane EM waves through vacuum and isotropic dielectric medium 

2.2 Transverse nature of plane EM waves 

2.3 Refractive index and dielectric constant

2.4 Wave impedance 

2.5 Propagation through conducting media 

2.6 Relaxation time 

2.7 Skin depth 

2.8 Electrical conductivity of ionized gases 

2.9 Plasma frequency 

2.10 Refractive index 

2.11 Application to propagation through ionosphere 

Unit - 3 EM Wave In Bounded Media

Unit 3

EM Wave in Bounded Media

3.1 EM Wave Bounded Media Boundary conditions at a plane interface between two media 

3.2 Reflection and Refraction of plane waves at plane interface between two dielectric media 

3.3 Laws of Reflection and Refraction 

3.4 Fresnel’s Formulae for perpendicular and parallel polarization cases 

3.5 Brewster’s law 

3.6 Reflection and Transmission coefficients 

3.7 Total internal reflection 

3.8 Evanescent waves

3.9 Metallic reflection normal Incidence

Unit - 4 Polarization Of Electromagnetic Waves

Unit 4

Polarization of Electromagnetic Waves

4.1 Polarization of Electromagnetic Wave Description of Linear

4.2 Circular and Elliptical Polarization 

4.3 Uniaxial and Biaxial Crystals 

4.4 Light Propagation in Uniaxial Crystal 

4.5 Double Refraction 

4.6 Polarization by Double Refraction 

4.7 Nicol Prism

4.8 Ordinary and extraordinary refractive indices 

4.9 Production and detection of Plane 

4.10 Circularly and Elliptically Polarized Light

4.11 Phase Retardation Plates QuarterWave and halfPlates

4.12 Babinets Compensator and its Uses 

4.13 Analysis of Polarized Light 

4.14 Rotatory Polarization Optical Rotation 

4.15 Biots Laws for Rotatory Polarization 

4.16 Fresnels Theory of optical rotation 

4.17 Calculation of angle of rotation 

4.18 Experimental verification of Fresnels theory 

4.19 Specific rotation 

4.20 Laurents half –shade polarimeter 

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