PHYS283 OPTICS AND MODERN PHYSICS
| Course Code: |
2300283 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
4(4-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
5.0 |
| Department: |
Physics |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Assist.Prof.Dr IHOR PAVLOV |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall Semesters. |
| Prerequisite: |
Set 1: 2300181
, 2300182 |
| The course set above should be completed before taking
PHYS283 OPTICS AND MODERN PHYSICS. |
Course Content
Optics: ray model of light; reflection and refraction; mirrors; thin lenses. simple optical instruments. waves. interference. diffraction. polarization. Modern Physics: special theory of relativity. particle properties of waves. wave properties of particles. Bohr model of atoms; introduction to quantum mechanics. nucleus and radioactivity.
