Topics in Experimental Physics. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours

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Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. Topics may include the following: Topic 1: Microstructural and Physical Property Characterizations. Diffraction physics, X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Rutherford Backscattering Spectrum, transport property characterization, microwave property measurements, dielectric and piezoelectric property measurements, and optical property measurements. Topic 2: Nonlinear Optics. Quantum optics, light scattering, ultra-fast photonics, fiber optics, lasers, electromagnetically-induced transparency, incoherent interactions, photonic band gaps. Topic 3: Waves in Complex Media. Transport in random and periodic materials and structures, closed and open systems, diffusion and wave localization, photonic band gaps. Topic 4: Physics of Thin Films and Applications. Vacuum physics and technology, fundamentals of physical and chemical depositions, kinetic and dynamic growth theory, rf/dc sputtering, MBE, etc. Topic 5: Molecular Physics and Fundamentals of Spectroscopy. Molecular electronic states, rotation vibration and potential curves of diatomic molecules, spectra of diatomic molecules, rotations and vibration of polyatomic molecules, electronic states of polyatomic molecules, spectra of polyatomic molecules, perturbations in molecular spectra, molecules and clusters, experimental techniques in molecular physics. This course has Differential Tuition. Course Fee: GS01 $90.