Diffraction Physics (U04264)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 9 ? Acronym : PHY-3-DiffPhys

This course gives an introduction to the effects of interference and diffraction and their applications to condensed matter physics and optics.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Physics 2A: Forces, Fields and Potentials (PHY-2-A); Physics 2B: Waves, Quantum Physics and Materials (PHY-2-B); Foundations of Mathematical Physics (PHY-2-FoMP) or Applicable Mathematics 4 and Mathematical Methods 4 (MAT-2-am4/mm4) or MP2A: Vectors, Tensors and Fields (PHY-2-MP2A) and MP2B: Dynamics (PHY-2-MP2B).

? Prohibited combinations : U03232 Physics 3, U03754 Condensed Matter & Optics

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy), (School of Physics and Astronomy, Schedule Q)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
13/01/2009	10:00	11:00	Lecture Theatre B, JCMB	KB

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	10:00	10:50	KB
Lecture	Friday	10:00	10:50	KB

? Additional Class Information : Workshop/tutorial sessions, as arranged.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course it is intended that a student should have, or be able to:

1) Explain the principles of interference in both vacuum and dielectric media;
2) Explain the principles of diffraction and the Fourier formulation of diffraction;
3) Experienced the application of interference and diffraction in simple and more complex optical problems;
4) Explain the processes by which x-rays, neutrons and electrons are scattered by condensed matter;
5) State the various formulations of the diffraction of waves by a crystal and demonstrate their equivalence;
6) Derive expressions for the scattering amplitude for simple crystal structures and explain the meanings of the form and structure factor;
7) Explain the meaning and construction of the Brillouin zones of a crystal.