A review course in the fundamentals of physics, especially
in mechanics and electromagnetism; dynamics of a particle; systems of
particles and their conservation laws; motion of a rigid body; electrostatics,
magnetic fields and currents; electromagnetic induction.
    

   Typical text: Hallidy, Resnick and Walker, Fundamentals of
Physics.

Electrolysis, Brownian motion; charge and mass of electrons and ions; Zeeman effect; photoelectric effect; reflection, refraction, diffraction, absorption, and scattering of X-rays; Compton effect; diffraction of electrons; uncertainty principle; electron optics; Bohr theory of atom; atomic spectra and electron distribution; radioactivity; disintegration of nuclei; nuclear processes; nuclear energy; and fission.

Typical text: Weidner and lls, Elementary Modern Physics.

Description of simple physical models which account for electrical conductivity and thermal properties of solids. Basic crystal lattice structures, X-ray diffraction and dispersion curves for phonons and electrons in reciprocal space. Energy bands, Fermi surfaces, metals, insulators, semiconductors, superconductivity and ferromagnetism. Fall semester.

Typical text: Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics.

The course is designed to familiarize students with a range of optical instruments and their applications. Included will be the measurement of aberrations in optical systems, thin-film properties, Fourier transform imaging systems, nonlinear optics, and laser beam dynamics.

Fall term.  This course may sometimes be offered in the spring term if space

Numerical techniques. Numerical methods for integrating Newton’s laws, the diffusion equation, Poisson’s equation, and the wave equation are discussed. Topics also covered: discrete Fourier transform, stability theory,curve fitting , the diagonalization of matrices, and Monte Carlo methods.

Spring semester.

Typical text: Garcia, Computational Physics.

A phenomenological and theoretical introduction to the field of surface science, including experimental techniques and engineering applications. Topics will include: thermodynamics and structure of surfaces, surface diffusion, electronic properties and space-charge effects, physisorption, and chemisorption.

Spring semester. Alternate years.

 Lectures, demonstrations and laboratory experiments, selected from among the  following topics, depending on student interest: vacuum technology; thin-film  preparation; scanning electron microscopy; infrared spectroscopy,  ellipsometry: electron spectroscopies-Auger, photoelectron, LEED; ion  spectroscopies-SIMS, IBS, field emission; surface properties-area, roughness,  and surface tension.           

Alternate years.

Vector and Tensor Fields: transformation properties, algebraic and  differential operators and identities, geometric interpretation of tensors,  integral theorems.  Dirac delta-function and Green's function technique for  solving linear inhomogeneous equations.  N-dimensional complex space:  rotations, unitary and hermitian operators, matrix-dyadic-Dirac notation,  similarity transformations and diagonalization, Schmidt orthogonalization.  Introduction to functions of a complex variable: analyticity, Cauchy's  theorem, Taylor and Laurent expansions, analytic continuation, multiple-  valued functions, residue theorem, contour integration, asymptotics.  As  techniques are developed, they are applied to examples in mechanics,  electromagnetism and/or transport theory.        

Fall semester.

Charged particle motions in electric and magnetic fields; electron and ion optics; charged particle velocity and mass spectrometry; electron and ion beam confinement; thermionic emission; the Pierce gun; field emission; secondary emission; photoelectric effect; sputtering; surface ionization; volume ionization; and Townsend discharge.

Typical text: Beck and Ahmed, An Introduction to Physical Electronics.

Plasmas in nature and application of plasma physics; single particle motion; plasma fluid theory; waves in plasmas; diffusion and resistivity; equilibrium and stability; nonlinear effects and thermonuclear reactions; the Lawson condition; magnetic confinement fusion; and laser fusion. Fall semester.

Typical text: F.Chen, Plasma Physics.

Basic plasma physics; some atomic processes; and plasma diagnostics. Plasma production; DC glow discharges and RF glow discharges; magnetron discharges. Plasma-surface interaction; sputter deposition of thin films; reactive ion etching, ion milling, and texturing; electron beam-assisted chemical vapor deposition; and ion implantation. Sputtering systems; ion sources; electron sources; and ion beam handling.

Typical texts: Chapman, Glow Discharge Processes; Brodie, Muray, The Physics of Micro-fabrication.

Fall semester.

Description of principle flow phenomena: pipe and channel flows, laminar flow, transition, and turbulence; flow past an object-boundary layer, wake, separation, vortices, and drag; convection in horizontal layers-conduction, convection, and transition from periodic to chaotic behavior. Equations of motion; dynamical scaling; simple viscous flows; inviscid flow; boundary layers, drag, and lift; thermal flows; flow in rotating fluids; hydro-dynamic stability; and transitions to turbulence.

Typical text: Tritton, Physical Fluid Dynamics.

An experimental presentation of the evidence for atomic
and nuclear theories; typical experiments are: excitation potentials; electronic charge; specific charge of the electron; Balmer series; Zeeman splitting; spectroscopic isotope shifts; photovoltaic effect; Hall effect; gamma ray spectrometry; beta ray spectrometry; neutron activation of nuclides; statisticsof counting processes; optical and X-ray diffraction; Langmuir probe; nuclear magnetic resonance.

  Fall semester, repeated spring semester by arrangement.
  Typical texts: Young, Statistical Treatment of Experimental Data; Melissinos,  Experiments in Modern Physics.

Basic concepts of quantum mechanics, states, operators; time development of  Schrödinger and Heisenberg pictures; representation theory; symmetries;  perturbation theory; systems of identical particles, L-S and j-j coupling;  fine and hyperfine structure; scattering theory; molecular structure.        

Spring semester.  

Kinetic theory: ideal gases, distribution functions, Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, Boltzmann equation, H-theorem and entropy, and simple transport theory. Thermodynamics: review of first and second laws, thermodynamic potentials, Legendre transformation, and phase transitions. Elementary statistical mechanics: introduction to microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical distributions, partition functions, simple applications, including ideal Maxwell-Boltzmann, Einstein-Bose, and Fermi-Dirac gases, paramagnetic systems, and blackbody radiation.

Typical text: Reif, Statistical and Thermal Physics.

Fall semester.

 An introductory course to the theory of lasers; treatment of spontaneous and  stimulated emission, atomic rate equations, laser oscillation conditions,  power output and optimum output coupling; CW and pulsed operation, Q  switching, mode selection, and frequency stabilization; excitation of lasers,  inversion mechanisms, and typical efficiencies; detailed examination of  principal types of lasers, gaseous, solid state, and liquid; chemical lasers,  dye lasers, Raman lasers, high power lasers, TEA lasers, gas dynamic lasers.  Design considerations for GaAlAs, argon ion, helium neon, carbon dioxide,  neodymium YAG and pulsed ruby lasers.    

  Fall semester.       

  Typical text: Yariv, Optical Electronics.

Electronic, magnetic, optical, and thermal properties of materials, the description of these properties based on solid state physics. Description and principles of operation of devices.

Spring semester.

The course is the first part of the graduate certificate program "Wireless  Secure Network Design" which includes also three other courses - PEP 602, 603  and 604.  Program focuses on heterogeneous wireless systems used by  first-responders - police, fire fighters, National Guard and other emergency  forces - to protect the public during large scale crises, such as natural  disasters and acts of terrorism.  The program also includes analysis of  homeland defense, financial and military operations using secure wireless  systems.  At the end of the program students will learn how protect existing  wireless systems and how design highly secure systems for a future use.   

   The course presents a comprehensive analysis of different parts of the   electromagnetic spectrum, transmission and modulation technologies, hardware   new artificially engineered materials, and MEMS with accent on security and    robustness of communications.

Fall Semester

The course presents an overview of areas of first responders and military  activities and using of different heterogeneous wireless systems during large  scale crises, such as natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and also during  homeland defense, financial and military operations.  The course includes an  analysis of different wireless network architectures from security point of  view.  The course is the second part of the graduate certificate program  "Wireless Secure Network Design" which includes also three other courses - PEP  601, 603 and 604.

 Fall semester.

 The course presents an overview of different methods of
authentication and authorization in secure wireless networks.  The course
focused on different methods of physical data and link protection, probability of detection and interception, anti-jam and covert capabilities, active and passive protection methods and equipment.  The course is the third part of the graduate certificate program "Wireless Secure Network Design" which includes also three other courses - PEP 601, 602 and 604.

  Spring Semester

The course presents an overview of different methods used in secure  heterogeneous wireless systems design.  Large scale infrastructure and ad hoc  networks test and simulation are one of the major parts of the course.  The  course also includes practical exercises and lab experiments.  The course is  the last part of the graduate certificate program "Wireless Secure Network  Design" which includes also three other courses - PEP 601, 602 and 603.  Students successfully finished all four courses will receive a graduate  certificate in wireless secure network design.             

   Spring Semester.

Motion of charged particles in electromagnetic field; Boltzmann equation for plasma; properties of magnetoplasmas; and fundamentals of magnetohydrodynamics. Applications to include: mirror geometry, high frequency confinement, plasma confinement, and heating by means of magnetic fields; motion of plasmas along and across magnetic field lines; magnetohydrodynamic stability theory; plasma oscillations; microinstabilities waves in magnetoplasma; dispersion relations; Fokker-Planck equation for plasmas; plasma conductivity; runaway electrons; relaxation times; radiation phenomena in magnetoplasmas; stability theories; finite Larmor radius stabilization; minimum-B stability; and universal instabilities.

Typical text: Schmidt, Physics of High Temperature Plasmas.

Fall semester.

Motion of charged particles in electromagnetic field; Boltzmann equation for plasma; properties of magnetoplasmas; and fundamentals of magnetohydrodynamics. Applications to include: mirror geometry, high frequency confinement, plasma confinement, and heating by means of magnetic fields; motion of plasmas along and across magnetic field lines; magnetohydrodynamic stability theory; plasma oscillations; microinstabilities waves in magnetoplasma; dispersion relations; Fokker-Planck equation for plasmas; plasma conductivity; runaway electrons; relaxation times; radiation phenomena in magnetoplasmas; stability theories; finite Larmor radius stabilization; minimum-B stability; and universal instabilities.

Typical text: Schmidt, Physics of High Temperature Plasmas.

Spring semester.

A continuation of PEP 510 for those students desiring a more thorough knowledge of optical systems. Included would be the use of an OTDR, ellipsometry, vacuum deposition of thin films, and other instrumentation. Students are encouraged to pursue their individual interests using the available equipment.

Spring or fall term by arrangement.

Advanced laboratory work in modern physics arranged to suit your requirement.            

Fall and spring semesters.

Typical text: see PEP551.

This course is a continuation of PEP 554. Topics include: principles of quantum dynamics, time-dependent perturbation theory, scattering theory, the density matrix, quantization of the electromagnetic field, interaction of photons with atoms and non-relativistic particles, identical particles, and second quantization for many-body systems.

Typical text: Quantum Mechanics by E. Merzbacher.

Crystal symmetry. Space-group-theory analysis of normal modes of lattice vibration, phonon dispersion relations, and Raman and infrared activity. Crystal field splitting of ion energy level and transition selection rules. Bloch theorem and calculation of electronic energy bands through tight binding and pseudopotential methods for metals and semiconductors and Fermi surfaces. Transport theory, electrical conduction, thermal properties, cyclotron resonance, de Haas van Alfen, and Hall effects. Dia-, para-, and ferro-magnetism and magnon spinwaves.

Fall semester.

Typical texts: Callaway, Quantum Theory of Solid State; Ashcroft and Mermin, Solid State Physics; and Kittel, Quantum Theory of Solids.

Crystal symmetry. Space-group-theory analysis of normal modes of lattice vibration, phonon dispersion relations, and Raman and infrared activity. Crystal field splitting of ion energy level and transition selection rules. Bloch theorem and calculation of electronic energy bands through tight binding and pseudopotential methods for metals and semiconductors and Fermi surfaces. Transport theory, electrical conduction, thermal properties, cyclotron resonance, de Haas van Alfen, and Hall effects. Dia-, para-, and ferro-magnetism and magnon spinwaves.

Spring semester.

Typical texts: Callaway, Quantum Theory of Solid State; Ashcroft and Mermin, Solid State Physics; and Kittel, Quantum Theory of Solids.

This course explores the quantum mechanical aspects of the theory of electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with matter. Topics covered include Einstein’s theory of emission and absorption, Planck’s law, quantum theory of light-matter interaction, classical fluctuation theory, quantized radiation field, photon quantum statistics, squeezing, and nonlinear interactions.

Offered in alternate years.

Typical text: Loudon, Quantum Theory of Light.

This course is intended to introduce the concept of electronic energy band engineering for device applications. Topics to be covered are electronic energy bands, optical properties, electrical transport properties of multiple quantum wells, superlattices, quantum wires, and quantum dots; mesoscopic systems, applications of such structures in various solid state devices, such as high electron mobility, resonant tunneling diodes, and other negative differential conductance devices, double-heterojunction injection lasers, superlattice-based infrared detectors, electron-wave devices (wave guides, couplers, switching devices), and other novel concepts and ideas made possible by nano-fabrication technology.

Fall semester.

Typical text: M. Jaros, Physics and Applications of Semiconductor Microstructures; G. Bastard, Wave Mechanics Applied to Semiconductor Heterostructures.

Geometrical foundations of space-time theories, geometrical objects, affine geometry, and metric geometry; structure of space-time theories, symmetry, and conservation laws; Newtonian mechanics; special relativity; foundations of general relativity, Mach’s principle, principle of equivalence, principle of general covariance, and Einstein’s equations; solution of Einstein’s equations; experimental tests of general relativity; conservation laws in general relativity, gravitational radiation, and motion of singularities; and cosmology.

Fall semester.

This course is open to students who have taken PEP 754 or its equivalent. It concerns itself with modern field theory; such topics as Yang-Mills fields, the renormalization group, and functional integration. It will concern itself with applications to both elementary particles and condensed matter physics; i.e. the theory of critical exponents.

Typical text: C. Quigg, Gauge Theories of Strong, Weak, and Electromagnetic Interactions.

This course is open to students who have taken PEP 754 or its equivalent. It is an introduction to the theory of elementary particles. It stresses symmetries of both the strong and weak interactions. It presents a detailed study of SU(3) and the quark model, as well as the Cabbibo theory of the weak interactions.

Typical text: F. Close, An Introduction to Quarks and Partons.

 Dirac notation; Transformation theory; Second quantization; Particle creation and annihilation operators; Schrodinger, Heisenberg and
Interaction Pictures; Linear response; S-matrix; Density matrix; Superoperators and non-Markovian kinetic equations; Schwinger Action Principle and variational calculus; Quantum Hamilton equations; Field equations with particle sources, potential and phonon sources; Retarded Green's functions; Localized state in continuumand chemisorption; Dyson equation; T-matrix; Impurity scattering; Self-consistent Born approximation;Density-of-states;Greens function matching; Ensemble averages and statistical thermodynamics, Bose and Fermi distributions, Bose condensation; Thermodynamic Green's functions; Lehmann spectral representation; periodicity/antipeiodicity in imaginary time and Matsubara Fourier series/frequencies; Anallytic continuation to real time;
 Multiparticle Green's functions; Electromagnetic current-current correlation  response; Exact variational relations for multiparticle
Green's functions; Cumulants; Linked cluster theorem; Random phase
approximation; Perturbation  theory for green's functions, self-energy and vertex functions by variational differential formulation; Shielded potential perturbation theory;Imaginary time contour ordering Langreth algebra and the GKB Ansatz.
        

Typical texts: Kadanoff and Baym, Quantum Statistical
Mechanics, and Inkson, Many-Body Theory of Solids.

Second quantization of Bose and Fermi fields; interaction and Heisenberg  pictures; S-matrix theory; quantum electrodynamics; diagrammatic techniques.         

Fall semester, by reqeust.