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Wave optics ​

(OEM)

  • Coefficient : 2
  • Hourly Volume: 31.0h (including 24.0h supervised)
    CTD : 24h supervised (and 3h unsupervised)
    Out-of-schedule personal work : 4h

AATs Lists

Description ​

The concept of induction and Faraday’s law, Maxwell’s equations, the propagation equation, the concept of electromagnetic waves, plane waves, light energy. Polarization properties of electromagnetic waves—Practical applications Reflection and refraction of light at a dielectric-dielectric interface Introduction to the phenomenon of interference

Learning Outcomes AAv (AAv) ​

  • AAv1 [heures: 6, B2, B3]: By the end of the course, students will be able to calculate the characteristic parameters of a monochromatic plane electromagnetic wave (wavelength, frequency, phase velocity and group velocity, intensity, electric and magnetic fields) in a linear, homogeneous, isotropic, and transparent dielectric medium through which it propagates, and to characterize its structure.

  • AAv2 [heures: 6, B2, B3]: By the end of the course, students will be able to determine the polarization state of a plane electromagnetic wave from the parametric expression of the wave’s electric field and vice versa

  • AAv3 [heures: 9, B2, B3, C1]: By the end of the course, students will be able to describe and analyze the change in the polarization state of an electromagnetic wave using polarimetry instruments (birefringent plates, ideal linear polarizers, and their combinations).

  • AAv4 [heures: 5, B2, B3]: By the end of the course, students will be able to calculate and characterize the Fresnel coefficients in amplitude and intensity related to the reflection and transmission of a plane wave on a plane diopter and to determine the polarization state of the reflected wave and the transmitted wave.

  • AAv5 [heures: 7, B2, B3]: By the end of the course, students will be able to calculate the interference of electromagnetic waves of the same frequency, whether polarized or unpolarized.

Assessment methods ​

One long continuous assessment and the average of several short continuous assessments

Key Words ​

Maxwell's equations, constitutive relations, equation of propagation, energy of an ' wave, interference, diffraction, polarisation.

Prerequisites ​

ELM course in S5O, basic engineering mathematics (integration and derivation in particular).

Resources ​

Handouts J.-P. Perez, R. Carles, R. Fleckinger, ”Electromagnétisme : Fondements et applications”, ´ Dunod J.D. Jackson, ”Electrodynamique classique”, Dunod