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NS 214 Oscillations, Waves and Optics	3 Credits
Linear oscillators. Coupled oscillators and normal modes with mechanical and electromagnetic examples. Inertia, restoring force and damping. Driven systems and resonance. The continuum limit. Waves and wave equations. Dispersion relations. Phase. Interference and diffraction. Wave packets. Impedance, reflection, absorption and transmission. Polarization. Geometrical optics. Brief introduction to nonlinearity.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit Spring 2023-2024 Oscillations, Waves and Optics 3 Spring 2022-2023 Oscillations, Waves and Optics 3 Spring 2021-2022 Oscillations, Waves and Optics 3 Spring 2020-2021 Oscillations, Waves and Optics 3 Spring 2019-2020 Oscillations, Waves and Optics 3 Spring 2018-2019 Oscillations, Waves and Optics 3 Spring 2017-2018 Oscillations, Waves and Optics 3 Spring 2016-2017 Oscillations, Waves and Optics 3 Spring 2015-2016 Oscillations, Waves and Optics 3 Spring 2012-2013 Oscillations, Waves and Optics 3 Spring 2011-2012 Oscillations, Waves and Optics 3 Spring 2010-2011 Oscillations, Waves and Optics 3
Prerequisite: NS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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