Electromagnetism (2026)

Lecture notes and exercises from the course Electromagnetism taught by Gerhard Müller at the University of Rhode Island in 2026.

The materials are designed for a one-semester upper level undergraduate course or graduate course. Additional parts on Optics, Radiation, Magnetism, and Quantum Optics for the second semester of a graduate course will be posted in due course.

Some Relevant Textbooks and Monographs:

S. Blundell: Magnetism in Condensed Matter. Oxford University Press 2011.
G. Chartier: Introduction to Optics, Springer 2005.
D. Craik: Magnetism, Wiley 1995.
J. Crangle: The Magnetic Properties of Solids, Arnold 1977.
M. Fox: Quantum Optics. Oxford University Press 2014.
C. C. Gerry and P. L. Knight: Introductory Quantum Optics, Cambridge University Press 2008.
R. H. Good: Classical Electromagnetism. Saunders, 1999.
D. J. Griffiths: Introduction to Electrodynamics. Cambridge University Press, 2023.
G. Grynberg, A. Aspect, and C. Fabre: Introduction to Quantum Optics, Cambridge University Press 2010.
J. D. Jackson: Classical Electrodynamics (3rd Ed.) Wiley, New York 1999.
P. Lambropoulos and D. Petrosyan: Fundamentals of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information. Springer, 2007.
N. Majlis: The Quantum Theory of Magnetism, World Scientific 2000.
D. C. Mattis: Theory of Magnetism I, II, Springer 1981.
G. L. Pollack and D. R. Stump: Electromagnetism. Addison Wesley, San Francisco 2002.
J. R. Reitz, F. J. Milford, and R. W. Christy: Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory. Addison Wesley, 1993.
Y. Shi: An Introduction to Quantum Optics, CRC Press 2021.
R. Wald: Advanced Classical Electromagnetism. Princeton University Press 2022.
K. Yosida: Theory of Magnetism, Springer 1996.