Electrodynamics: electro- and magnetostatics; electric and magnetic fields in matter; Maxwell's equations Optics: geometric optics; polarization; birefringence; optical fibres; interferometry; diffraction Statistical Physics: introduction to statistical physics concepts; temperature; Helmholtz free energy and the partition function; application of concepts to the ideal gas. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Lincoln Turner
Prerequisites: PHS1011 or PHS1080, PHS1022, MTH1030 or MTH1035, and MTH2010 or MTH2015
