https://gdpark.blog/tags/optics/Recent content in Optics on gdpark.blogHugoenFri, 07 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/electromagnetism-30-electromagnetic-waves-in-matter/Tue, 04 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/electromagnetism-30-electromagnetic-waves-in-matter/EM waves in a linear medium work out basically the same as in vacuum — just swap ε₀μ₀ for εμ, and that’s literally how the index of refraction n pops out!https://gdpark.blog/posts/electromagnetism-32-refraction-of-obliquely-incident-electromagnetic-waves/Wed, 05 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/electromagnetism-32-refraction-of-obliquely-incident-electromagnetic-waves/Tackling oblique-incidence EM wave refraction by ripping E and B fields into normal and parallel boundary components, then matching all four boundary conditions.https://gdpark.blog/posts/electromagnetism-34-electromagnetic-waves-in-conductors-absorption-and-dispersio/Fri, 07 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/electromagnetism-34-electromagnetic-waves-in-conductors-absorption-and-dispersio/We tackle boundary conditions at a conductor surface, cheer over vanishing free currents, and set up incident/reflected wave equations for normal incidence into a conductor!