NONLINEAR WAVES

ECE 434

Introduction to ray optics, physical optics and interference, applications of Fourier optics, absorption, dispersion, and polarization of light. Light sources, including lasers (gas, solid state, and semiconductor), modulation and detection of light.

ECE/NE/PHYSICS 525

Basic description of plasmas: collective phenomena and sheaths, collisional processes, single particle motions, fluid models, equilibria, waves, electromagnetic properties, instabilities, and introduction to kinetic theory and nonlinear processes. Examples from fusion, astrophysical and materials processing processing plasmas.

ECE/PHYSICS 748

General considerations of linear wave phenomena; one dimensional waves; two and three dimensional waves; wave equations with constant coefficients; inhomogenous media; random media. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations; asymptotic methods. Knowledge of electromagnetics [such asE C E 320orPHYSICS 321], mechanics [such asM E 340], or vibrations [such asM E 440] strongly encouraged.

ECE 740

Time harmonic fields and waves in linear media with applications to radiation, guiding and scattering; wave and surface impedance and admittance concepts; duality, uniqueness, image theory, equivalence principle, induction and compensation theorems, reciprocity, Green's functions, wave functions, potential and transform theory. Knowledge of electromagnetics [such asE C E 420] strongly encouraged.

ECE/NE/PHYSICS 724

Waves in a cold plasma, wave-plasma interactions, waves in a hot plasma, Landau damping, cyclotron damping, magneto-hydrodynamic equilibria and instabilities, microinstabilities, introduction to nonlinear processes, and experimental applications. Basic knowledge of plasmas [such asPHYSICS/​E C E/​N E  525] and advanced electromagnetics [such asPHYSICS 721orE C E 740] strongly encouraged.