Waves, Optics and Atomic Physics

Lecturer:

Josef Schmidt (guarantor), Jiří Tolar

Tutor:

Josef Schmidt (guarantor), Jiří Tolar, Jan Vysoký, Václav Zatloukal

Supervisor:

Department of Physics

Synopsis:

Wave phenomena in mechanics and electromagnetism: modes, standing and travelling waves, wave packets in dispersive media. Wave optics: polarization, interference, diffraction, coherence. Geometrical optics. Introduction to quantum physics: black body radiation, quantum of energy, photoeffect, the Compton effect, the de Broglie waves, the Schrodinger equation, stationary states and spectra of finite systems.

Requirements:

Course of basic physics (02MECH, 02ELMA)

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Oscillations of systems of mass points

2. Travelling waves in non-dispersive media

3. Waves in dispersive media

4. Energy and reflection of waves

5. Electromagnetic waves

6. Polarization

7. Interference and diffraction

8. Geometrical optics

9. Black body radiation, photons

10. The de Broglie waves

11. The Schrodinger equation

12. Stationary states and spectra

Syllabus of tutorials:

Solving examples on the following topics:

1. Oscillations of systems of mass points

2. Travelling waves in non-dispersive media

3. Waves in dispersive media

4. Energy and reflection of waves

5. Electromagnetic waves

6. Polarization

7. Interference and diffraction

8. Geometrical optics

9. Black body radiation, photons

10. The de Broglie waves

11. The Schrodinger equation

12. Stationary states and spectra

Study Objective:

Knowledge:

Physics of mechanical and electromagnetic oscillations and waves, introduction to quantum physics.

Skills:

Solving concrete physical and technical examples concerning oscillations and waves.

Study materials:

Key references:

[1] F.S. Crawford, Jr.: Berkeley Physics Course 3, Waves, McGraw-Hill, New York 1968

[2] J. Tolar, J. Koníček: Sbírka řešených příkladů z fyziky (Vlnění), skripta ČVUT, Praha 1999

Recommended references:

[3] J. Tolar: Vlnění, optika a atomová fyzika, kap. 1. - 9., viz //physics.fjfi.cvut.cz

[4] H. Georgi: The Physics of Waves, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River NJ 2015 (http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~hgeorgi/onenew.pdf)

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2020/2021:

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Time-table for summer semester 2020/2021:

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The course is a part of the following study plans:

• BS Matematické inženýrství - Matematické modelování (compulsory course of the specialization)
• BS Matematické inženýrství - Matematická fyzika (compulsory course of the specialization)
• BS Matematické inženýrství - Aplikované matematicko-stochastické metody (compulsory course of the specialization)
• BS Matematická informatika (compulsory course of the specialization)
• BS Informatická fyzika (compulsory course of the specialization)
• BS jaderné inženýrství B (compulsory course of the specialization)
• BS Dozimetrie a aplikace ionizujícího záření (compulsory course of the specialization)
• BS Experimentální jaderná a částicová fyzika (compulsory course of the specialization)
• BS Inženýrství pevných látek (compulsory course of the specialization)
• BS Diagnostika materiálů (compulsory course of the specialization)
• BS Fyzika a technika termojaderné fúze (compulsory course of the specialization)
• BS Fyzikální elektronika (compulsory course of the specialization)
• BS Fyzikální technika (compulsory course of the specialization)