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Lecture 19: Waves in Medium

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Lecture Topics

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* Waves in medium
* Refraction index
* Brewster’s angle

Lecture Video: Waves in Medium

Prof. Lee discusses the propagation of light in the dielectric medium. He also shows an interesting phenomenon, the Brewster’s angle, and demonstrates the effect in the class.

Lecture Notes

This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Typed Notes for Lecture 19 (PDF)

This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Handwritten Notes for Lecture 19 (PDF - 1.9MB)

Textbook Reading

Chapter 12: Polarization (PDF - 1.4MB) (section 12.4 to end) 

Problem Set

Problem Set 9 (PDF)

In-class Demonstrations

HOW IT’S DONE SEE IT IN THE LECTURE
Brewster’s Angle
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Video: Polarization of Light by uclaphysicsvideo on YouTube

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