Physics III Vibrations and Waves
This lecture note covers the following
topics: Mechanical vibrations and waves, simple harmonic motion, superposition,
forced vibrations and resonance, coupled oscillations and normal modes,
vibrations of continuous systems, reflection and refraction, phase and group
velocity, Optics, wave solutions to Maxwell's equations, polarization, Snell's
law, interference, Huygens's principle, Fraunhofer diffraction, and gratings.
Author(s): Prof.
Nergis Mavalvala and Prof. Thomas Greytak
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