Electrodynamics Reading Map

A map of electrodynamics notes organized around Maxwell equations, waves, media, and radiation.

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Structure

The electrodynamics section will collect the parts of classical field theory that keep reappearing in optics, microwave engineering, condensed matter, and quantum-device measurement.

Chapter Map

  • Faraday’s law of induction
  • Displacement current and Maxwell equations
  • Macroscopic Maxwell equations
  • Poynting’s theorem and conservation laws
  • Plane waves in a uniform medium
  • Energy and momentum of general wave solutions
  • Waves across two media and Fresnel equations
  • Waves incident on conducting media
  • Fields of localized time-dependent sources
  • Radiation fields of localized oscillating sources

Topics To Expand

  • SI versus Gaussian/cgs conventions
  • Gauge potentials
  • Green functions
  • Waveguides and resonators
  • Input-output conventions used in microwave quantum devices