OPTICAL SYSTEMS |
Dioptria: spherical and flat. Lateral magnification |
ELECTROSTATICS. THE ELECTRICAL FIELD IN VACUUM |
Electric charge. Conductors and insulators. Coulomb's law. Electric field.
Gauss's law. Electric field in a conductor. Capacitors. The electric dipole: Actions of the electric field on a dipole. |
ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY |
Introduction. Potential energy of a group of point charges. Energy of a charged capacitor. |
MAGNETOSTATICS. THE MAGNETIC FIELD IN THE
VACUUM |
Magnetic force on a moving charge. Magnetic induction. Actions of the magnetic field on a linear conductor through which an electric current is flowing. Biot and Savart's Law. Ampère's Law of Circulation. Magnetic flux. |
TIME-DEPENDENT ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS |
Faraday's law of induction and Lenz's law. Mutual induction. Self-induction. |
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES |
Ampere's Generalized Law. Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic spectrum. |