Courses in Applied Physics (Division 320)

AppPhysics530/EECS 530. Electromagnetic Theory I.

Physics 438 or EECS 330. I. (3). (Excl). (BS). CAEN lab access fee required for non-Engineering students.

Maxwell's equations, constitutive relations and boundary conditions. Potentials and the representation of electromagnetic fields. Uniqueness, duality, equivalence, reciprocity and Babinet's theorems. Plane, cylindrical and spherical waves. Waveguides and elementary antennas. The limiting case of electro- and magneto-statics.

AppPhysics540/EECS 540. Applied Quantum Mechanics I.

Permission of instructor. I. (3). (Excl). (BS). CAEN lab access fee required for non-Engineering students.

Introduction to nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. Summary of classical mechanics, postulates of quantum mechanics and operator formalism, stationary state problems (including quantum wells, harmonic oscillator, angular momentum theory and spin, atoms and molecules, band theory in solids), time evolution, approximation methods for time independent and time dependent interactions including electromagnetic interactions, scattering.

AppPhysics541/EECS 541. Applied Quantum Mechanics II.

Applied Phys. 540. II. (3). (Excl). (BS). CAEN lab access fee required for non-Engineering students.

Continuation of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. Advanced angular momentum theory, second quantization, non-relativistic quantum electrodynamics, advanced scattering theory, density matrix formalism, reservoir theory.