Topics include Coulomb's law, sources of dc potential, resistance, conductance, Ohm's law, power and energy, ammeters, voltmeters, voltage dividers, ohmmeter, Kirchhoff's laws, series and parallel circuits, circuit analysis techniques, Wheatstone bridge, electrostatic fields, dielectric materials, capacitance, series and parallel arrangement of capacitors, transients in R-C circuits.
E P 225.3
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session»Waves, Fields and Optics 2(3L-1.5P) Prerequisite(s): PHYS 111 or 121 or both G E 125 and E P 155; MATH 223 or 225 or 276; Math 224 or 226 or 238 (may be taken concurrently).
Offers an introduction to mechanical and electromagnetic wave phenomena including derivation of wave equations and wave velocities, energy and momentum carried by waves, wave reflection in terms of impedance mismatch, standing waves, and radiation of electromagnetic waves. This is followed by geometrical and physical optics.
E P 228.3
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session»Computer Tools for Engineering Physics 2(3L-4P) Prerequisite(s): CMPT116; G E 120; MATH 238 (or MATH 224 which may be taken as a corequisite).
The emphasis of this class is to investigate the practical engineering and scientific applications of mathematical techniques that were introduced previously in other classes. This goal is realized through the design and development of software systems to solve problems related to: electric circuit analysis; numerical differentiation, integration and interpolation of real world measurements; modelling of physical systems and Fourier decomposition. In the laboratory portion of this class the students write their own software to solve problems that are introduced in the formal lectures.
Calorimetry, thermal expansion, heat transfer and the empirical gas laws. Kinetic theory of gases: specific heats, Boltzmann distribution. Mean free path and transport phenomena. Zeroth, first and second laws of thermodynamics. Entropy and heat engines.
Introduces analogue electronics. The course covers network analysis, AC circuits, the physics and operation of semiconductors, junction diodes, transistors, the design of amplifier circuits, small signal analysis, and operational amplifiers (op-amps).
Introduction to atomic structure, bonding, types of solids, crystalline states, and types of crystals. Solid solutions. Mechanical properties strain and thermal expansion. Thermal fluctuations, noise and thermally activated processes. Heat capacity of solids. Electrical conductivity of pure metals and solid solutions. Temperature dependence. Hall effect. Energy band structure in solids. Semiconductors. Classical and Fermi-Dirac statistics. Conduction in metals. Contact potential. Seeback effect, thermocouple. Thermionic emission and vacuum tube devices. Phonons. Debye heat capacity and heat conductivity. Extrinsic, p- and n- semiconductors. Conductivity and temperature dependence. Optical absorption. Luminescence. Shottky diode. Ohmic contract and thermoelectric effect.
An introduction to discrete linear systems and applied information theory with strong emphasis on both analytic and computer based solutions to practical physical problems in systems engineering and data analysis. In the laboratory portion of this class the students write their own software to solve problems that are introduced in the formal lectures. These problems include: discrete solutions to LCR circuits; discrete filtering of measurements collected in real experiments; the frequency responses of any linear system; and amplitude modulation of signals.
Introduces digital electronics and completes some analogure electronic topics not covered in E P 311. Analogue topics include transducers, feedback systems, modulators, frequency converters, amplifier configurations and design. The majority of the course covers digital electronics, including logic operation and implementation (AND, OR, NOT), binary numbers, Boolean algebra, memory elements, ROM, RAM, logic circuits (adders, counter, etc.), A/D and D/A converters, and simple microprocessors. Circuit design principles are emphasised and a major design project is undertaken.
Covers three-dimensional rigid body dynamics and introduces fluid mechanics concepts such as the control-volume approach, the continuity equation, derivation of Bernoulli's equation, and conservation of momentum and energy in a fluid system.
An intermediate course in electromagnetism. After an initial section on vector analysis, electrostatics, electric fields in matter, magnetostatics and magnetic fields in matter are developed as background for electrodynamics, including EMF, Faraday's Law and induction. Maxwell's equations are treated in differential form and are used to derive the wave equation, from which electromagnetic plane waves in vacuum are treated, including energy and momentum carried by these waves, and a discussion of their transverse polarisation.
A course in electronic instrumentation and in design of measuring equipment. Emphasis is placed on digital techniques for the measurement of physical parameters.
A number of laboratory exercises based on the material given in E P 413 are carried out. The aim of the laboratory is to introduce the student to the practical problems and challenges associated with microprocessor based instrumentation design.
An advanced course in physical optics. The polarization state of electromagnetic waves, the Stokes parameters and Poincaré sphere, and the matrix approach to polarizing systems. Detailed study of refractive index in materials, namely gases, dielectrics (particularly glass), plasmas and metals. Introduction to anisotropy in the refractive indices of materials - birefringent materials, and quarter-wave, half-wave plates, and Polaroid sheets. Ray tracing applied to the ionospheric plasma. Interference of light: two-source interference in the coherent and partially coherent cases. An introduction to statistical optics and the role of the detector response time. N-source interference applied to diffraction gratings and to antenna arrays with tapering and beam-steering. Multiple-beam interference and Fabry-Perot (F-P) interferometers. Resolving power of gratings and F-P interferometers.
Diffraction of light - Fraunhofer and Fresnel. Anisotropic effects on the polarization of electromagnetic waves, particularly by reflection and refraction, by birefringent materials (prisms, Fresnel rhombs), and by electro-optic and magneto-optic systems; application of these effects to modulation of light. Circular birefringence as the cause of Faraday rotation and optical activity. Dielectric waveguides and fiber optics. Light-emitting diodes. Fundamentals of stimulated emission and lasers; types of lasers. Optical amplifiers, optical detectors, and optical communication systems.