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PHYSICS 2525 - Physics IIB (Laser Physics and Technology)

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 3720
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 7 hours per week
Restriction: Available to B Sc (Laser Physics & Technology) students only
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: No
Available for Non-Award Study: No
Pre-Requisite: PHYSICS 2510, MATHS 2102 - Other students may apply to Head of Physics for exemption
Assumed Knowledge: MATHS 2101
Incompatible: PHYSICS 2520
Assessment: Tutorial preparation, practical work, test, written exam
Syllabus:

This course provides an introduction to condensed matter physics, progresses from the level I introduction to optical physics and continues the development of practical problem solving using laboratory experiments. Optics: -ray tracing; ABCD matrix method; cardinal points; optical aberrations and wavefront distortion; interferometry; polarisation and Jones matrices; Gaussian beams. Condensed Matter Physics: -introduction to crystal structures, lattices and bonding; atomic vibrations in crystals and phonon zones, free-electron gas model of metals; nearly-free electron model and band theory; semiconductor crystals; PN Junctions; diodes. Practical work includes laboratory experiments in optics, properties of solids and instrumentation.

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Units
EFTSL
Amount
3
0.125
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
3720 Mon 07/08/2017 Thu 31/08/2017 Fri 15/09/2017 Fri 27/10/2017


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
20275 LE01 5 2 24 Jul - 11 Sep Monday 11am - 12pm Engineering Sth, S111, Teaching Room
27 Jul - 14 Sep Thursday 1pm - 2pm Hughes, 309, Hughes Lecture Theatre
28 Jul - 1 Sep Friday 10am - 11am Lower Napier, LG28, Lecture Theatre
3 Aug - 3 Aug Thursday 9am - 10am Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre
24 Aug - 24 Aug Thursday 9am - 10am Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre
14 Sep - 14 Sep Thursday 9am - 10am Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre
15 Sep - 15 Sep Friday 10am - 11am Lower Napier, LG28, Lecture Theatre
2 Oct - 23 Oct Monday 11am - 12pm Engineering Sth, S111, Teaching Room
5 Oct - 26 Oct Thursday 1pm - 2pm Hughes, 309, Hughes Lecture Theatre
6 Oct - 27 Oct Friday 10am - 11am Lower Napier, LG28, Lecture Theatre
19 Oct - 19 Oct Thursday 9am - 10am Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre
Related Class: Workshop
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
20434 WR01 20 19 25 Jul - 12 Sep Tuesday 1pm - 2pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room
3 Oct - 24 Oct Tuesday 1pm - 2pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room
20435 WR02 20 18 26 Jul - 13 Sep Wednesday 11am - 12pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room
4 Oct - 25 Oct Wednesday 11am - 12pm Darling West, 104, Teaching Room
Related Class: Practical
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
24652 PR01 20 17 26 Jul - 26 Jul Wednesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132, Laboratory
9 Aug - 9 Aug Wednesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132, Laboratory
23 Aug - 23 Aug Wednesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132, Laboratory
6 Sep - 6 Sep Wednesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132, Laboratory
4 Oct - 4 Oct Wednesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132, Laboratory
18 Oct - 18 Oct Wednesday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132, Laboratory
24653 PR02 20 20 28 Jul - 28 Jul Friday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132, Laboratory
11 Aug - 11 Aug Friday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132, Laboratory
25 Aug - 25 Aug Friday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132, Laboratory
8 Sep - 8 Sep Friday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132, Laboratory
6 Oct - 6 Oct Friday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132, Laboratory
20 Oct - 20 Oct Friday 1pm - 5pm Physics, 132, Laboratory