| PHYS 606 Quantum Mechanics | Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Schrodinger wave equation, bound states of simple systems, collision theory, representation and expansion theory, matrix formulation, perturbation theory. Prerequisites: PHYS 412 or equivalent; MATH 311 and MATH 412 or equivalents; concurrent registration in PHYS 615. |
| PHYS 624 Quantum Mechanics | Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Continuation of PHYS 606. Scattering theory, second quantization, angular momentum theory, approximation methods, application to atomic and nuclear systems, semi-classical radiation theory. Prerequisite: PHYS 606. |
| PHYS 648 Quantum Optics and Laser Physics | Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Line widths of spectral lines; laser spectroscopy; optical cooling; trapping of atoms and ions; coherence; pico- and femto-second spectroscopy; spectroscopic instrumentation. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor. |
| PHYS 649 Physics of Optoelectronic Devices | Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Overview of basic concepts: laser physics, optics of semiconductors, heterostructures with quantum confinement and their interaction with light; physical principles of state of the art optoelectronic devices; emerging concepts and technologies: integrated photonics, nanophotonics, plasmonics, metamaterials, terahertz optoelectronics, quantum information processing, etc. Prerequisites: Quantum mechanics (PHYS 412 and PHYS 414 or PHYS 606 or equivalent). |
| PHYS 661 Superfluidity and Superconductivity | Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Basic properties of superconductors, superfluid 4He and superfluid 3He; Bose Einstein condensation, BCS theory and Ginzburg-Landau theory; methods of achieving low temperatures, with lab tours. Special topics include broken symmetry, neutron stars, ultra-cold atomic gases and tunneling in superconductors. Prerequisite: PHYS 408, PHYS 412, and PHYS 414, or equivalents. |
| PHYS 671 Ultrafast Laser Physics | Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Ultrafast optics; nonlinear optics; laser physics; active and passive mode-locking; pulse characterization and shaping; applications in industry and research such as time-resolved spectroscopy, coherent control, terahertz spectroscopy, and high-order harmonic generation. Prerequisites: PHYS 304, PHYS 305, PHYS 221 and PHYS 412, or equivalents. |
| PHYS 672 Nonlinear Optics | Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Foundation for evolving areas of science and industry; phenomena of nonlinear optics; relevant areas of physics, nonlinear science, and engineering; material requirements; approaches to solving Maxwell’s equations in the presence of nonlinear polarization; quantum mechanical descriptions of nonlinear optics phenomena. Prerequisites: PHYS 414; PHYS 305; PHYS 221; graduate classification or approval of instructor. |
