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: |
Prof.Dr. ÝBRAHÝM GÜNAL |
| 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.
