6.007 | Spring 2011 | Undergraduate

Electromagnetic Energy: From Motors to Lasers

Lecture Notes

This section contains lecture notes in both PDF and PowerPoint formats. Some of the slides include animations, which can be seen by viewing the PowerPoint file as a slide show.

LEC # PDF FILES POWERPOINT FILES
1 Introduction: iPhone components (PDF - 3.0MB) Introduction: iPhone components (PPT - 3.2MB)
2 Energy and power (PDF - 2.2MB) Energy and power (PPT - 2.3MB)
3 Electrical vs. gas engine (PDF - 1.7MB) Electrical vs. gas engine (PPT - 2.8MB)
4 Energy in electrical systems (PDF - 2.4MB) Energy in electrical systems (PPT - 1.2MB)
5 Electrostatics (Gauss’s law and boundary conditions) (PDF - 1.6MB) Electrostatics (Gauss’s law and boundary conditions) (PPT - 3.2MB)
6 Magnetostatics (magnetic fields and forces) (PDF - 1.7MB) Magnetostatics (magnetic fields and forces) (PPT - 5.9MB)
7 Forces in magnetostatics (actuators) (PDF - 1.7MB) Forces in magnetostatics (actuators) (PPT - 2.4MB)
8 Practical MQS systems (torroids, solenoids, magnets) (PDF - 2.4MB) Practical MQS systems (torroids, solenoids, magnets) (PPT - 1.7MB)
9 Magnetic materials (PDF - 2.6MB) Magnetic materials (PPT - 3.2MB)
10 Faraday’s law (induced emf) (PDF - 3.6MB) Faraday’s law (induced emf) (PPT - 17.8MB)
11 Magnetic circuits and transformers (PDF - 1.1MB) Magnetic circuits and transformers (PPT - 12.2MB)
12 Forces via energy conservation (energy method) (PDF - 1.1MB) Forces via energy conservation (energy method) (PPT - 13.5MB)
13 Stored energy and magnetic actuators (PDF - 1.2MB) Stored energy and magnetic actuators (PPT - 20.1MB)
14 Energy conversion systems: rail guns (PDF) Energy conversion systems: rail guns (PPT - 6.5MB)
15 Dielectrics and dipoles (PDF - 1.6MB) Dielectrics and dipoles (PPT - 13.9MB)
16 Practical dielectrics (PDF) Practical dielectrics (PPT - 14.5MB)
17 Limits of statics and quasistatics (PDF - 1.7MB) Limits of statics and quasistatics (PPT - 5.0MB)
18 Linear systems, complex numbers and phasors (PDF) Linear systems, complex numbers and phasors (PPT - 9.0MB)
19 Electromagnetic waves (wave equation) (PDF) Electromagnetic waves (wave equation) (PPT - 14.8MB)
20 Examples of uniform EM plane waves (Poynting vector) (PDF - 1.4MB) Examples of uniform EM plane waves (Poynting vector) (PPT - 17.0MB)
21 Generating EM waves: antennas (PDF - 1.3MB) Generating EM waves: antennas (PPT - 17.8MB)
22 Interaction of atoms and EM waves (Lorentz oscillator) (PDF) Interaction of atoms and EM waves (Lorentz oscillator) (PPT - 16.3MB)
23 Lossy EM waves (PDF) Lossy EM waves (PPT - 17.7MB)
24 Polarized light and polarizers (PDF - 1.5MB) Polarized light and polarizers (PPT - 14.9MB)
25 Birefringence (PDF - 1.5MB) Birefringence (PPT - 17.2MB)
26 Liquid crystal display (LCD) technology (PDF - 3.9MB) Liquid crystal display (LCD) technology (PPT - 32.3MB)
27 Interference and diffraction (PDF) Interference and diffraction (PPT - 29.7MB)
28 Diffraction and holography (PDF) Diffraction and holography (PPT - 6.8MB)
29 Reflection and transmission of EM waves (PDF - 1.1MB) Reflection and transmission of EM waves (PPT - 17.7MB)
30 EM reflection and transmission in layered media (PDF) EM reflection and transmission in layered media (PPT - 15.1MB)
31 Optical resonators (PDF - 1.7MB) Optical resonators (PPT - 26.2MB)
32 Refraction and Snell’s law (PDF - 1.6MB) Refraction and Snell’s law (PPT - 16.6MB)
33 Fresnel equations and EM power flow (PDF - 1.7MB) Fresnel equations and EM power flow (PPT - 8.5MB)
34 Waveguides (optical systems) (PDF - 3.0MB) Waveguides (optical systems) (PPT - 15.6MB)
35 Wavepackets (PDF - 1.3MB) Wavepackets (PPT - 9.3MB)
36 Photon: quantum of energy (PDF - 2.7MB) Photon: quantum of energy (PPT - 14.2MB)
37 Photon momentum and uncertainty (PDF - 2.2MB) Photon momentum and uncertainty (PPT - 10.2MB)
38 Examples of Heisenberg uncertainty principle (PDF - 2.9MB) Examples of Heisenberg uncertainty principle (PPT - 16.7MB)
39 Schrodinger equation (PDF) Schrodinger equation (PPT - 7.3MB)
40 Particle in a box (PDF - 1.2MB) Particle in a box (PPT - 6.9MB)
41 Reflection from a potential step (PDF - 2.0MB) Reflection from a potential step (PPT - 8.5MB)
42 Tunneling (PDF - 1.2MB) Tunneling (PPT - 6.4MB)
43 Tunneling applications (flash memory, STM) (PDF - 2.2MB) Tunneling applications (flash memory, STM) (PPT - 9.8MB)
44 From atoms to molecules (PDF - 1.0MB) From atoms to molecules (PPT -17.1MB)
45 Semiconductors (PDF - 1.4MB) Semiconductors (PPT - 10.6MB)
46 Light emitting diodes (LEDs) (PDF) Light emitting diodes (LEDs) (PPT - 3.9MB)
47 Photodetectors, solar cells (PDF) Photodetectors, solar cells (PPT)
48 Electron wavepackets and microscopic Ohm’s law (PDF - 1.4MB) Electron wavepackets and microscopic Ohm’s law (PPT - 5.3MB)
49 Quantum superposition and optical transitions (PDF - 1.5MB) Quantum superposition and optical transitions (PPT - 3.8MB)
50 Lasers (PDF - 2.8MB) Lasers (PPT - 10.9MB)
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