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APPPHYS 85N: Understanding Biology with Numbers

Preference to freshmen. Developing understanding of biological phenomena via quantitative reasoning including framing questions, order of magnitude estimation, and ways of looking at data. Topics span from cellular processes to motion of animals to global carbon cycles.
Terms: Win | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-AQR, WAY-SMA

APPPHYS 201: Electrons and Photons (PHOTON 201)

Applied Physics Core course appropriate for graduate students and advanced undergraduate students with prior knowledge of elementary quantum mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and special relativity. Interaction of electrons with intense electromagnetic fields from microwaves to x- ray, including electron accelerators, x-ray lasers and synchrotron light sources, attosecond laser-atom interactions, and x-ray matter interactions. Mechanisms of radiation, free-electron lasing, and advanced techniques for generating ultrashort brilliant pulses. Characterization of electronic properties of advanced materials, prospects for single-molecule structure determination using x-ray lasers, and imaging attosecond molecular dynamics.
Terms: Win | Units: 4

APPPHYS 204: Quantum Materials

Applied Physics Core course appropriate for graduate students and advanced undergraduate students with prior knowledge of elementary quantum mechanics. Introduction to materials and topics of current interest. Topics include superconductivity, magnetism, charge and spin density waves, frustration, classical and quantum phase transitions, multiferroics, and interfaces. Prerequisite: elementary course in quantum mechanics.
Terms: Win | Units: 4

APPPHYS 205: Introduction to Biophysics (BIO 126, BIO 226)

Core course appropriate for advanced undergraduate students and graduate students with prior knowledge of calculus and a college physics course. Introduction to how physical principles offer insights into modern biology, with regard to the structural, dynamical, and functional organization of biological systems. Topics include the roles of free energy, diffusion, electromotive forces, non-equilibrium dynamics, and information in fundamental biological processes.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-4

APPPHYS 207: Laboratory Electronics

Lecture/lab emphasizing analog and digital electronics for lab research. RC and diode circuits. Transistors. Feedback and operational amplifiers. Active filters and circuits. Pulsed circuits, voltage regulators, and power circuits. Precision circuits, low-noise measurement, and noise reduction techniques. Circuit simulation tools. Analog signal processing techniques and modulation/demodulation. Principles of synchronous detection and applications of lock-in amplifiers. Common laboratory measurements and techniques illustrated via topical applications. Prerequisites: undergraduate device and circuit exposure.
Terms: Win | Units: 4
Instructors: Fox, J. (PI)

APPPHYS 290: Directed Studies in Applied Physics

Special studies under the direction of a faculty member for which academic credit may properly be allowed. May include lab work or directed reading.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-15 | Repeatable for credit

APPPHYS 376: Literature of Cavity QED and Cavity Optomechanics

Cavity quantum electrodynamics and optomechanics in modern quantum optics, photonics and quantum engineering. Review of basic concepts and survey of key literature in seminar format. May be repeat for credit
Terms: Win | Units: 3 | Repeatable 2 times (up to 6 units total)

APPPHYS 390: Dissertation Research

Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-15 | Repeatable for credit

APPPHYS 470: Condensed Matter Seminar

Current research and literature; offered by faculty, students, and outside specialists. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1 | Repeatable for credit

APPPHYS 483: Optics and Electronics Seminar

Current research topics in lasers, quantum electronics, optics, and photonics by faculty, students, and invited outside speakers. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Fejer, M. (PI)
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