PHYS 143A Honors Waves, Optics, & Heat
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Class Notes: Lec.1-3 Lec. 4-7 Lec. 89 Lec.1011 a Lec.1213 Lec.14 Lec.1516 Lec.17 Lec.181920
HWs and Midterm: HW1 HW2 HW3 MT HW4 HW5 HW6 HW7
Solutions: HW1Sol HW2Sol HW3Sol MTSol MTDis HW4Sol HW5Sol
Math topics (optional): General ODE Fourier Integral Discrete Fourier Transform
Physics topics (optional): Wave Equation by Dr. Tao Tuned Mass Damper
Instructor: Cheng Chin
Lectures: MWF 9:30‐10:20 am @ KPTC120
Office hours: MW 5-6 pm @ GCIS E107
Textbooks: Waves by David Morin
Laboratory administrators: Mark Chantell, Dave McCowan
Teaching and Lab Assistant: Ruchira Mishra Jinwei Chu Daniel Glazer Sharba Bhattacharjee
Discussion sessions (starting week 2): Tuesdays 6:30 to 7:20 pm @ Cobb 107
Please email Ruchira for an office hour appointment.
Homeworks, Midterm and Final:
All homeworks should be submitted to Canvas in the format of pdf before the deadline. They will be returned to the students on Canvas. Late policy for HWs and Lab reports: -10% per day. Midterm and Final will be in class.
Grade distribution: HWs 35%, Lab 25%, Midterm 20% and Final 20%
Class outline
Week | Date | Lecture | Text/Lab |
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1 | 3/18 |
Lecture 1: Harmonic oscillator Simple harmonic oscillator (Math) Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) and complex number |
Chapter 1.1 |
3/20 |
Lecture 2: Damped harmonic oscillator (Math) Solving non-homogeneous ODEs |
Chapter 1.2 | |
3/22 |
Lecture 3: Driven oscillator Amplitude and phase |
Chapter 1.3 | |
2 | 3/25 |
Lecture 4: Coupled oscillators Two coupled oscillators |
Chapter 2.1 and 2.2 |
3/27 |
Lecture 5: Normal modes Three coupled oscillators N coupled oscillators (Math) Eigenvalues and eigenvectors |
Chapter 2.3
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3/29 | Lecture 6: Normal modes | Deadline to change lab section (tkurns@uchicago.edu) | |
3 | 4/01 | Lecture 7: Wave equation |
Chapter 2.4 Lab: Wave Motion and Sound |
4/03 |
Lecture 8: Spectral Analysis (Math) Fourier expansion and Fourier transform |
Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
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4/05 |
Lecture 9: Spectral Analysis Solving wave equation |
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4 | 4/08 | Midterm | Lab: Interference |
4/10 | Lecture 10: Transverse waves | Chapter 4.1 | |
4/12 |
Lecture 11: Reflection and transmission
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Chapter 4.2 | |
5 | 4/15 | Lecture 12: Longitudinal waves: Sound |
Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 Lab: Diffraction |
4/17 |
Lecture 13: Electromagneitc waves EM wave equation
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Chapter 8.2 | |
4/19 |
Lecture 14: Electromagneitc waves (Math) Vector calculus |
Chapter 8.3, 8.4 | |
6 | 4/22 |
Lecture 15: Wave phenomena Dispersion and group velocity |
Chapter 6.3, Lab: Geometric Optics |
4/24 |
Lecture 16: Wave phenomena Doppler effects, Aether, and shock waves |
Chapter 7.2 | |
4/26 |
Lecture 17: Geometrical Optics Polarization |
Chapter 8.6 | |
7 | 4/29 |
Lecture 18: Geometrical Optics Interface and lenses |
Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5 Lab: Polarization |
5/1 |
Lecture 19: Diffraction Single and double slit diffractions |
Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5 | |
5/3 |
Lecture 20: Diffraction Single and double slit diffractions |
Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5 | |
8 | 5/6 |
Lecture 19: Ideal gas Kinetic theory of ideal gas |
Lab: Thin film interference |
5/8 |
Lecture 20: Heat engines Thermodynamics processes Carnot cycle |
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5/10 |
Lecture 21: Laws of thermodynamics Laws of thermodynamics |
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9 | 5/13 | Lecture 22: Entropy | |
5/15 |
Lecture 23: Heat transfer Heat transfer |
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5/17 |
Lecture 24: Thermal distribution Boltzmann distribution |
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10 | 5/22 | Final 10am-12pm @ KPTC 120 (KPTC 211) |
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