Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Materials
APPHY 218
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Description
This course covers the electrical, optical and magnetic properties of technologically important materials. It provides a quantitative description of their functional properties including dielectric, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric behavior, and their paramagnetic and ferromagnetic states. Electronic characteristics of semiconductors, dielectric materials, and superconductors will be covered, as well as the optical response including birefringence, Pockels effect, Kerr effect, and photoelasticity. In addition, special topics related to recent research will be addressed.
Recommended Prep
Solid-state physics or equivalent course.
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
Applied Physics
Course Component
Lecture
General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Science & Engineering & Applied Science
Course Level
Primarily for Graduate Students
