PHYS313-20S2 (C) Semester Two 2020

Advanced Electromagnetism and Materials

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2020
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2020
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 24 July 2020
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 25 September 2020

Description

The development of the Maxwell equations in differential form. The propagation of electromagnetic waves in free space, dielectrics and conducting media, their behaviour at dielectric interfaces and their production from radiating sources. Advanced topics in modern materials science. Development of the electronic theory of solids leading to band-structure calculations and on to band-structure engineering in quantum architectures. Advanced semiconductor physics including devices in modern opto-electronics.

Prerequisites

(1) PHYS206; (2) PHYS203 or CHEM211; (3) MATH103 or EMTH119 or MATH201. RP: MATH201

Restrictions

PHYS312, PHYS314, PHYS443

Recommended Preparation

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Mike Reid

Lecturer

Roger Reeves

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Final Exam 60%
Homework and Tutorial Assignments 20% 10% each.
Test 20% Covers 'materials' section.

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

BS Guru and HR Hiziroglu; Electromagnetic field theory fundamentals ;

JR Hook and HE Hall; Solid State Physics ;

The library has other books on these topics - use the title search and browse.

Additional Course Outline Information

Academic integrity

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $900.00

International fee $4,250.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.

For further information see School of Physical & Chemical Sciences .

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