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Oscillators

Oscillators. An oscillator is any measurable quantity capable of repetition. Examples: Volume of a loudspeaker Brightness of a bulb Amount of money in a bank account The air pressure near your eardrum.

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Oscillators

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  1. Oscillators

  2. An oscillator is any measurable quantity capable of repetition. Examples: Volume of a loudspeaker Brightness of a bulb Amount of money in a bank account The air pressure near your eardrum

  3. The oscillator parameter is the quantity that repeats. In our examples, the oscillator parameter has units of sound intensity, light intensity, dollars, and pressure, respectively. Question: Is the x-component of the electric field, at a particular location in space, an oscillator? If not, why not? If so, what are the units of the oscillation parameter?

  4. The period (denoted T, measured in seconds) is the time required for one cycle.

  5. The amplitude (A) of the oscillation is the maximum value of the oscillation parameter, measured relative to the average value of that parameter.

  6. Many naturally occurring oscillators are of the class called resonators. They oscillate freely at one particular frequency. This kind of oscillation is called simple harmonic motion.

  7. identify the oscillator parameter for the below resonators

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  9. Some definitions for simple harmonic motion.

  10. The phase constant  specifies the oscillator parameter at t = 0.

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  12. Here’s a way of thinking about simple harmonic motion that will be very useful later. Suppose a particle is in uniform circular motion on a circle of radius A and with angular speed T. The projection of that motion onto any axis is a point moving in simple harmonic motion with amplitude A and circular frequency T.

  13. The total energy of a simple harmonic oscillator is constant in time and proportional to the square of the amplitude

  14. kinetic and potential energies (as fraction of total energy) for x = x0 cos(Tt) U / (K+U),K/(K+U)

  15. The frequency of a resonator is determined by the way energy shifts back and forth between kinetic and potential terms.

  16. These are called sinusoidal oscillations, or simple harmonic motion.

  17. All oscillators can exhibit simple harmonic motion if they are driven harmonically. When a speaker oscillates sinusoidally, it causes the pressure at any point in a nearby column of air to vary sinusoidally

  18. What happens if more than one oscillatory signal is sent to the light?

  19. Suppose the two signals have the same amplitude and frequency but differ in phase.

  20. For a mass-and-spring system, the motion is simple harmonic at an angular frequency of The motion is always simple harmonic whenever the restoring force is a linear function of the oscillation parameter. Another way to say this is that the motion is simple harmonic whenever the potential energy is a quadratic function of the oscillation parameter.

  21. For example, a pendulum has a kinetic energy of K = ½ mv2 and a potential energy of U = mgh.

  22. K = ½ m L2 (d2/dt)2 , U = ½ mgL 22 Compare to K = ½ m (dx/dt)2, U = ½kx2 The circular frequency of the mass-spring system is (½k /½ m)1/2 = ( k /m)1/2 By analogy, the circular frequency of the pendulum is [½ mgL / ½ m L2]1/2 = [g / L]1/2

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