The students learn the theory of electromagnetic fields and waves and are able to apply it to related problems in engineering and physics.
Contents:
   - Helmholtz theorem
   - General overview of the Maxwell equations, different approximations (electrostatics, magnetostatics, Darwin)
   - Electrostatics, Coulomb's law, Gauss's theorem, electrostatic potential
   - Magnetostatics, Bio-Savart's law, vector potential
   - Faraday's law
   - Displacement current, Maxwell's equations, vector and scalar potentials
   - Gauge transformations, Lorenz gauge, Coulomb gauge
   - Energy conservation, Poynting theorem
   - Conservation of linear momentum, Maxwell's stress tensor
   - Plane waves in non-conducting media
   - Plane electromagnetic waves, polarization
   - Propagation of a wave packet, phase and group velocities
   - Cylindrical waveguides and cavities
   - TM, TE, and TEM modes
   - Modes in a waveguide with rectangular and circular cross-sections
   - Resonant cavities
   - Fields and radiation of localized oscillating sources
- Kursleiter/in: Denis Eremin