Waves, Optics and Atomic Physics
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02VOAF | Z,ZK | 6 | 4+2 | Czech |
- Relations:
- In order to register for the course 02VOAF, the student must have successfully completed or received credit for and not exhausted all examination dates for the course 02MECHZ. The course 02VOAF can be graded only after the course 02MECHZ has been successfully completed.
- Course guarantor:
- Jiří Tolar
- Lecturer:
- Josef Schmidt
- Tutor:
- Filip Moučka, Josef Schmidt, Rudolf Šmolka, Vojtěch Teska, Jan Vysoký
- 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 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:
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Mechanics course required, Electricity and Magnetism course highly recommended
- 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, de Broglie waves
10. Atomic models 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 2024/2025:
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06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri - Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:
- Time-table is not available yet
- The course is a part of the following study plans:
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- Fyzikální inženýrství - Počítačová fyzika (PS)
- Aplikované matematicko-stochastické metody (compulsory course in the program)
- Jaderné inženýrství - Aplikovaná fyzika ionizujícího záření (PS)
- Fyzikální inženýrství - Fyzikální inženýrství materiálů (PS)
- Fyzikální inženýrství - Fyzika plazmatu a termojaderné fúze (PS)
- Fyzikální inženýrství - Inženýrství pevných látek (PS)
- Jaderná a částicová fyzika (compulsory course in the program)
- Jaderné inženýrství - Jaderné reaktory (PS)
- Fyzikální inženýrství - Laserová technika a fotonika (PS)
- Matematické inženýrství - Matematická fyzika (PS)
- Matematické inženýrství - Matematická informatika (PS)
- Matematické inženýrství - Matematické modelování (PS)
- Kvantové technologie (compulsory course in the program)
- jaderné inženýrství - Radioaktivita v životním prostředí (PS)
- Physical Engineering - Computational physics (PS)
- Quantum Technologies (compulsory course in the program)
- Nuclear and Particle Physics (compulsory course in the program)
- Physical Engineering - Physical Engineering od Materials (PS)
- Mathematical Engineering - Mathematical Physics (PS)
- Physical Engineering - Plasma Physics and Thermonuclear Fusion (PS)