Brief introduction to electrostatics and magnetostatics, Fields of a moving point charge, Maxwell’s equations for time varying fields, Plane electromagnetic wave, Propagation of electromagnetic waves in conducting and non-conducting medium; Reflection, refraction and transmission of electromagnetic wave at a plane; Superposition of wave in one dimension: group velocity, Wave guides and resonant cavity, Radiation and radiating systems, Interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter, Line shape function, fields and radiation from an accelerated charge, Dispersion theory, Radiation damping, Scattering and diffraction. |
Text/Reference Books:
- Jackson J. D. Classical Electrodynamics, John Wiley (Asia).
- Griffiths D. J. Introduction to Electrodynamics, Addison-Wesley.
- Walter G. Classical Electrodynamics, Springer.
- Julian Schwinger, Classical Electrodynamics, Perseus Books.
- Landau L.D. and Lifshitz E.M. Electrodynamics of Continuous Media, Butterworth Heimemann.
- Reitz J.R. and Millford F.J. Foundation of Electromagnetic Theory, Narosa.
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