PHYS443-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Advanced Electromagnetism and Materials

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

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) PHYS203; (2) PHYS206; (3) MATH103 or MATH109 or EMTH119 or MATH201. RP: PHYS205, MATH201

Restrictions

PHYS312, PHYS313, PHYS314, PHYS442, PHYS444

Recommended Preparation

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 13:00 - 14:00 E14 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 13:00 - 14:00 E14 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Drop in Class A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 15:00 - 16:00 Rehua 528
29 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Drop in Class B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 Jack Erskine 340
19 Aug - 25 Aug
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 14:00 - 15:00 E14 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct

Examinations, Quizzes and Formal Tests

Test A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 19:00 - 20:00 Ernest Rutherford 141
19 Aug - 25 Aug
02 Wednesday 19:00 - 20:00 E14 Lecture Theatre
19 Aug - 25 Aug

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Mike Reid

Lecturer

Roger Reeves

Additional Course Outline Information

Academic integrity

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,145.00

* 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 less than 1 person applies to enrol.

For further information see School of Physical & Chemical Sciences .

All PHYS443 Occurrences

  • PHYS443-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024
Previous year Next year