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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2024/2025

Formal framework: Hilbert space, symmetries and conservation laws,
propagators and Green’s function.
Approximation methods: Time-dependent perturbation theory,
variational principle, WKB approximation, adiabatic approximation.
Scattering theory: Partial wave analysis, Born approximation, S
matrix.
Relativistic quantum mechanics: Klein-Gordon equation, Dirac
equation and electromagnetic interaction.
Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 60%
Continuous Assessment: 40%

SIF3012 COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS (3 CREDITS)
Ordinary Differential Equations: boundary-value and eigenvalue
problems.
Matrices: matrix eigenvalue problems.
Partial Differential Equations: Elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic
equations.
Probabilistic Methods: Random numbers, random walks, Metropolis
algorithm, Monte Carlo simulation, Ising model.

Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 0%
Continuous Assessment: 100%

SIF3019 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES (3 CREDITS)
Discussion related to semiconductor: p-n junction. Semiconductor
devices and their operation principles: p-n diodes, Metal-
semiconductor junction: Schottky & Ohmic contact, Schottky diode,
Field Effect Transistor, LED, Solid state Laser, photodiode & Solar
cell, Microwave devices & diodes (Tunnel diode, IMPATT diode, etc),
Device fabrication (photolithography, metallization, etc).

Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 60%
Continuous Assessment: 40%

SIF3020 QUANTUM OPTICS AND TECHNOLOGY (3 CREDITS)
Atom-photon Interactions: Interaction Hamiltonian; Unitary
transformation; Transition dipole moment; selection rules,

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