EC ENGR 285B

Advanced Plasma Waves and Instabilities

Electrical and Computer Engineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Interaction of intense electromagnetic waves with plasmas: waves in inhomogeneous and bounded plasmas, nonlinear wave coupling and damping, parametric instabilities, anomalous resistivity, shock waves, echoes, laser heating. Emphasis on experimental considerations and techniques.

Letter grading.

Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses M185, and 285A or Physics 222A.

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all of

EC ENGR M185
one of
- EC ENGR 285A
- PHYSICS 222A

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

EC ENGR 285B

EC ENGR M185Introduction to Plasmas in the Laboratory, Space, and Engineering
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
  - MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus1 more beneath
  - MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
  - MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it

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