Transcript Chapter 20
LC Circuit There is a characteristic frequency at which the circuit will oscillate, called the resonance frequency Section 22.5 LRC Circuits and Resonance From Kirchhoff’s Loop Rule, VAC = VL + VC + VR But the voltages are not all in phase All the current phasors are in the same direction Max current depends of frequency of source Section 22.6 LRC Circuits and Resonance Section 22.6 LRC Circuits and Resonance At most frequencies, the source voltage is out of sync with the natural flow of energy in the circuit Natural flow governed by LC portion Current in circuit is reduced At the resonance frequency, the source voltage and the natural flow of energy oscillate together XL=XC Synchronization occurs at the resonance frequency of the LC circuit Section 22.7 Behavior of Elements at Various Frequencies XC is largest at low frequencies, so the current through a capacitor is smallest at low frequencies XL is largest at high frequencies, so the current through an inductor is smallest at high frequencies Section 22.8 Properties of AC Circuits Section 22.4 Electromagnetic Waves Electromagnetism Electricity and magnetism are coupled Changing electric field create magnetic fields Changing magnetic fields create electric fields Energy exists in fields Fills “empty” space Energy density proportional to square of field Introduction Electromagnetic Waves Self-sustaining oscillations involving E and B are possible Both fields must be changing with time The fields are perpendicular to each other The propagation direction of the wave is perpendicular to both the electric field and the magnetic field Section 23.1 Electromagnetic Waves Electromagnetic waves (or radiation) travel at a characteristic speed The speed of an EM wave is denoted by c c0 = 3.00 x 108 m/s The value of the speed of an electromagnetic wave is the same as the speed of light Light is a visible electromagnetic wave Section 23.2 Electromagnetic Waves EM waves can travel through empty space Always travel with speed c0 through empty The frequency and wavelength are determined by the way the wave is produced When an EM wave travels through a material substance, its speed depends on the properties of the substance The speed of the wave is always less than c0 The speed of the wave depends on the wave’s frequency Section 23.2 Electromagnetic Waves The wave carries energy utotal = uelec + umag uelec 1 1 2 oE 2 and umag B 2 2o As the wave propagates, the energies per unit volume oscillate The electric and magnetic energies are equal Peak electric and magnetic fields are proportional Section 23.3 Intensity The strength of an EM wave is usually measured in terms of its intensity Intensity is the amount of energy transported per unit time across a surface of unit area Intensity also equals the energy density multiplied by the speed of the wave I = utotal × c = ½ εo c Eo2 Since E = c B, the intensity is also proportional to the square of the magnetic field amplitude Section 23.3 Radiation Pressure EM waves carry momentum The momentum of the wave is When an electromagnetic wave is absorbed by an object, it exerts a force on the object The total force on the object is proportional to its exposed area Radiation pressure is the force of the electromagnetic force divided by the area This can also be expressed in terms of the intensity Pradiation F I A c Section 23.3 Polarization E and B fields can oscillate in many directions with the same direction of propagation If all E fields (and all B fields) oscillate in the same direction, the EM waves are polarized E and B fields are still perpendicular to each other Most light is unpolarized Polarized light can be created using a polarizer Defined by polarization axis Section 23.6 Polarization If the electric field is parallel to the polarizer’s axis: Eout = Ein If the electric field is perpendicular to the polarizer’s axis, Eout = 0 If the electric field makes some angle θ relative to the polarizer’s axis, Eout = Ein cos θ Polarization This relationship can be expressed in terms of intensity in the Law of Malus: Iout = Iin cos2 θ Unpolarized light can be thought of as a collection of many separate light waves, each linearly polarized in different and random directions The average outgoing intensity is the average of all the incident waves: Iout = (Iin cos2 θ)ave = ½ Iin Electromagnetic Spectrum Electromagnetic waves are classified according to their frequency and wavelength The wave equation is true for EM waves: The range of all possible electromagnetic waves is called the electromagnetic spectrum Section 23.4