Physics - pre-requisites
- High school / grammar school physics level knowledge (physical units, basic laws, calculations without integration).
- Definition of vectors and scalars (direction of vector, components of vector, addition and subtraction, dot product, cross product).
- Basic knowledge of differential and integral calculus (one-variable and multivariable).
- Knowledge of motion equations for mass particle, system of particles, rigid body and continuum.
- Knowledge of basic laws in mechanics and thermodynamics.
- Knowledge of conservation laws in mechanics.
- Knowledge of mechanical wave equations and harmonic wave description.
Physics - scope of the lectures
- Electric charge. Quantization of electric charge. Conservation of charge. Charge density. Coulomb's law. Electric field. Scalar and vector field description. Field intensity. Potential energy and Potential. Gauss law. Solution of typical problems.
- Electric conductors and non-conductors. Dielectrics. Polarization. Permittivity and susceptibility. Capacitance. Capacitors in parallel and in series. Energy of electric field.
- Stationary current. Resistivity and conductivity. Ohm's law. Electric circuits. Kirchhoff's circuit laws. Work, energy and power. Thermoelectric effects.
- Magnetic field. Flux density. Lorenz force. Charged particle motion.
- Magnetic force on a wire. Magnetic dipole moment. Torque on a current loop. Ampere's law. Biot-Savart law. Solution of typical problems. Magnetic flux.
- Faraday's law. Lenz's law. Induced electric field. Self-induction and mutual induction. Energy of magnetic field. Magnetic field intensity. Alternating current.
- Magnetism of matter. Para-, Dia-, and Ferromagnetism. Magnetic hysteresis.
- Electromagnetic field. Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic waves. Energy transfer. Poynting vector. Intensity. Wave spectra.
- Geometrical optics. Snell's law. Planar and spherical mirrors. Thin lenses. Optical instruments.
- Wave of light. Reflection and refraction of light wave. Fresnel's equations. Interference of light. Coherence. Diffraction of light. Polarization of light.
- Quantum nature of electromagnetic waves. Photons. Radiation laws. Principle of infrared imaging. Photoelectric effect.
- Properties of atoms. Elementary particles. Bohr model. Emission and absorption. Wave nature of electrons. Wave-particle duality. Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. Time-independent Schrödinger's equation. Solution for free particle and particle in a one-dimensional box. Hydrogen atom. Emission spectra of hydrogen. Pauli exclusion principle. Periodic table of elements. Spontaneous and stimulated emission. Laser principle.
- Solid state of matter. Structure. Bonding in solids. Electronic band structure. Conductivity. Semiconductors and doping.
- Reserve.