Wave Optics and Electrodynamics

This course is a continuation of the courses on electromagnetism and waves given in L2.

To reinforce the mastery of the wave theory of light: propagation, interference, diffraction.

Understand and solve Maxwell's equations in material media in order to model different phenomena of propagation, guidance, diffraction and scattering of electromagnetic radiation.

Oscillations and waves, differential and integral calculus, electrostatics, magnetostatics, and electromagnetism in vacuum

100% CT

Wave optics

- Two-wave interference, temporal and spatial coherence, multi-wave interference

- Huygens-Fresnel principle, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction

- Networks and spectroscopy

- Fourier optics (spatial filtering, strioscopy)

- Gaussian propagation

Electrodynamics of media

- Polarization and magnetization of matter: introduction of macroscopic fields.

- Theory of the dielectric constant, Drude and Lorentz models,

- Maxwell's equations in matter, potentials, gauges...

- introduction to the optics of anisotropic media

- Electromagnetic energy

- Propagation of wave packets, guiding, scattering

CM : 31.5 h

TD : 31.5 h