PHYS-207(c): General physics : quanta

Lectures in this course (73)

Explores solar intensity near Earth and Earth's temperature through practical exercises.

Discusses solar radiation, ground temperature, and Stefan-Boltzmann's law in the context of exercise 3.

Explores the setup of polarizers with a half-wave plate, preserving light intensity.

Explores optimizing the intensity ratio of circular polarized light passing through optical components.

Explores quantum radiation, photon momentum, and the photoelectric effect in detail.

Explains how to find the position and nature of images formed by lenses.

Covers the interference of light and calculations for observing specific maxima.

Explores the effects of polarizer orientation and light rotation on intensity ratios.

Explores electron interference, wave-particle duality, Compton effect, de Broglie's hypothesis, and the philosophical aspect of scientific theories.

Explores the internal energy of solids, vibrational modes, and specific heat behavior.

Explores the energy-wavelength relationship of photons and its practical application.

Delves into the efficiency of a satellite's solar panel in collecting photons and the force exerted by the absorbed photons.

Explains how to estimate Earth's temperature based on solar radiation and atmospheric absorption.

Explores the wave function, Schrödinger equation, classical-quantum mechanics relationship, and eigenvalue problem in quantum physics.

Explains energy levels in quantum mechanics, including calculations with Planck's constant and electron charge.

Explores the diffraction of thermal neutrons on a crystal and how to determine their temperature and diffraction maxima.

Analyzes how the shift in wavelength affects the transmission of zinc.

Explores wave nature, Schrödinger's equation solutions, and quantum measurement interpretation.

Covers the properties of circularly polarized light and refraction phenomena.

Covers polarized light behavior through polarizers and black body radiation concepts.

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