Syllabus
PHY 6905
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, insulators, semiconductors, and superconductors. The background ideally needed is a course in electromagnetism, a course in elementary quantum mechanics, and some knowledge of solid state physics.
Announcements:
Handout material
may be found here.
HW1/2:
Here, due Sept. 30, pm. Solutions here.
HW
3: Here, due Oct. 14, pm. Solutions here.
Time and place: MWF 7rd (1:55-2:55 am) NPB 1216
PDF text: Optical
Properties of Solids, by Frederick Wooten
Optional Text: Electrodynamics
of Solids: Optical Properties of Electrons in Matter by Martin
Dressel and George Grüner
Instructor: David
Tanner
email: tanner@phys.ufl.edu
Phone: 392-4718
Office: 2372 NPB
Office hours: Tue 10-11; Fri 11-12.
Methods by which students will
be evaluated and their grade determined:
Grades will be based on two take-home exams (25% ea)
and homework (50%). 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.
UF
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