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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2023/2024

Continuous Assessment: 40%

SIF3011 QUANTUM MECHANICS II (3 CREDITS)

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, polarization; Absorption and emission of photons; Weisskopf-Wigner
theory of spontaneous emission.

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