Course

Physics I - Oscillations & Waves

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

This course covers lessons in simple harmonic oscillators, resonance, electromagnetic waves, electro magnetic spectrum, interference, coherence, diffraction, standing waves and polarisation.

Course topics:

  • Simple Harmonic Oscillators
  • Damped Oscillator
  • Oscillator With External Forcing
  • Resonance
  • Coupled Oscillations
  • Sinusoidal Plane Waves
  • Electromagnetic Waves
  • The Vector Nature of Electromagnetic Waves
  • The Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • Interference
  • Coherence
  • Diffraction
  • X-Ray Diffraction
  • Beats
  • The Wave Equation
  • Solving the Wave Equation
  • Waves
  • Standing Waves
  • Polarization
  • Compton Effect
  • Wave - Particle Duality
  • Probability Amplitude
  • Probability
  • Schrodinger Wave Equation
  • Measurements
  • Particle in a Potential
  • Potential Well
  • Quantum Tunneling
Course Lectures