PHY 7097
Optical Effects in Solids

This course will describe the interaction of electromagnetic radiation in the "optical" part of the spectrum (microwaves, infrared visible, ultraviolet) with matter---metals, superconductors, semiconductors, and insulators . The background ideally needed is a course in electromagnetism, a course in elementary quantum mechanics, and some knowledge of solid state physics.

Announcements:

This class was taught in Fall 2017. The next time offered 2022/23 perhaps (if there is student demand).  

Meantime you can read the book...

Syllabus

      

 Optical  Effects in Solids was published by Cambridge University Press in April 2019.  It is also on Amazon.

Time and place: MWF 5th (11:45 am-12:35 pm) NPB 2205 (in 2017...) 
PDF text: Optical Properties of Solids, by Frederick Wooten and notes by me.
Instructor: David Tanner
email: tanner@phys.ufl.edu
Phone: 392-4718
Office: 2372 NPB
Office hours: Tuesday 11am and Thursday 1 pm

Methods by which students will be evaluated and their grade determined:
Grades will be based on two take-home exams (20% ea), a term paper (30%) and homework (30%). There will be approximately 7 homework assignments.

Other course notes:
All students are required to abide by the Academic Honesty Guidelines of the University of Florida.

Attendance will not be monitored; however, exam questions will mostly come from topics discussed in class.



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David Tanner  / tanner@phys.ufl.edu / Last modified: Wednesday, 29 August 2018