Waves
Wave motion appears all around us, from water waves and mechanical waves to light, sound and even gravitational waves. Waves can transfer energy from one place to another, and carry information. Many applications of physics are based on controlling and manipulating wave behaviour, and to do this, we first need to understand their properties and characteristic phenomena.
Lesson slides
- 19 Jan
- 25 Jan
- 27 Jan (class practical)
- 2 Feb
- 8 Feb
- 10 Feb (practical allocations)
- HALF TERM
- 23 Feb
- 29 Feb (ISA preparation)
- 2 Mar
- 14 Mar - Interference/Quantum wierdness
- 16 Mar AS Challenge
- 22 Mar Reports, MTa problems
- 28 Mar MTa problems
- 30 Mar Videos
- 25 Apr
- 27 Apr
Notes
In lessons we shall discuss any questions and go through examples mainly. For each lesson, you must either
- hand in a reading memo on paper at the beginning of the lesson, or
- complete an online reading memo via the MIT interface by 9.30 p.m. the evening before the lesson.
- Progressive waves | reading memo | with your annotations
- Polarization | reading memo | with your annotations
- Refraction | reading memo | with your annotations
- Superposition | reading memo
- Stationary waves | reading memo
- Interference | reading memo
- Single slit diffraction | reading memo
- The diffraction grating | reading memo
