Waves, Optics and Atomic Physics
Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language |
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02VOAF | Z,ZK | 6 | 4+2 | Czech |
- Lecturer:
- Josef Schmidt
- Tutor:
- Jan Vysoký, Martin Malachov, Filip Moučka, Petr Novotný, Josef Schmidt, Václav Zatloukal
- Supervisor:
- Department of Physics
- Synopsis:
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Wave phenomena in mechanics and electromagnetism: modes, standing and travelling waves, wave packets indispersive media. Wave optics: polarization, interference, diffraction, coherence. Geometrical optics. Introduction toquantum 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:
- Syllabus of lectures:
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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:
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Solving problems to illustrate the theory from the lecture
- Study Objective:
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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:
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Key references:
[1] W. Demtröder: Electrodynamics and Optics, Springer, 2019.
[2] F. S. Crawford, Jr.: Berkeley Physics Course 3, Waves, McGraw-Hill, New York 1968. (dostupné v knihovně FJFI ČVUT)
Recommended references:
[3] H. Georgi: The Physics of Waves, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River NJ 2015 (http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~hgeorgi/onenew.pdf)
- Note:
- Further information:
- https://physics.fjfi.cvut.cz/~schmijos/voaf.php
- Time-table for winter semester 2022/2023:
- Time-table is not available yet
- Time-table for summer semester 2022/2023:
- Time-table is not available yet
- The course is a part of the following study plans:
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- 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)