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Solar Cells and Thin Film Technology

This course is intended to expose students to the need for photovoltaic energy conversion, Basic characteristics of sunlight, interaction of light with solar cell, absorption, reflection, separation and collection of carriers, Basic equation of semiconductor device physics, P-N junction diodes, Efficiency limits, losses efficiency-limiting factors and measurements, standard silicon solar cell technology, Hetero junction structures, characterization and testing of solar cells and modules, photovoltaic module operations, Photovoltaic systems. Evaporation, sputtering and other techniques, Bonding, Hardness, Thickness, Uniformity, Composition, Electrical and Optical properties, Applications, semiconductor physics and biological fields.

Course Code: 
PHY 528
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Physics

Medical Physics (Medical Dosimetry)

Students will gain theoretical and practical understanding of Medical radiation, Interaction of Radiation with matter, Dosimetric concepts and quantities, ionization Dosimetry, Low medium Energy dosimetry, Replacement for Exposure, High Energy Dosimetry, Branching therapy.

Course Code: 
PHY 520
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Physics

Radiation Physics I

Radiation Sources and their characterization, Basic interactions with matter, radiation Instruments and techniques, Radiation Effects

Course Code: 
PHY 519
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Physics

Radiation Physics Ii

Students will be taken through Rector Physics, Radiation Shielding, Radiation Diagnostics, Health Physics

Course Code: 
PHY 518
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Physics

Laser And Optical Physics

Students will be able to  introduced to Lasers sources, Application Formula, Optical System Design, He-Ne Laser, Spectroscopy, Mode Selections, Stabilization Methods, Gas Lasers, Solid State and Semiconductor Lasers.

Course Code: 
 PHY 506
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Physics

Computing And Numerical Methods

This practical course involves Computer architecture, Programme Languages, Programme development and Algorithms, Interfacing, Numerical methods in computing, Application to Filter Design, Fourier analysis, Digital Filtering, Fast Fourier transform.

Course Code: 
PHY 505
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Physics

Condensed Matter Physics

Students will be trained to Review of classification of solids, Lattice vibrations and Thermal Properties. Electrons in Periodic Potentials, Metals and Fermi Surface, Semiconductors, Optical Properties of Solids, Transport Properties, Dielectric constants, Polarizability and ferroelectricity, superconductivity.

Course Code: 
PHY 504
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Physics

Mathematical Methods

The Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable, Special Functions, Partial Differential Equations, Asymptotic expansion, Advanced Matrices, Tensors, Linear Vector Spaces, Operators application to Sturn-Lionville problems, Green functions and resolrent methods, Random processes, master equation and its solution, Auto and cross Correlation Convolution.

Course Code: 
PHY 503
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Physics

Quantum Statistics

Theory for Time Evolution Problems, Scattering Theory, The Hartree-Fock Method and Free Electron Gas.

Course Code: 
PHY 502
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Physics

Advanced Quantum Mechanics

A Review of Schrodinger Equation and time-dependent, Perturbation theory; the Brillouin-Winger Series, Angular Momentum and spin, Radiation, Second Quantisation, The Dirac equation from Electron, Born-Oppeinheimer approximation.

Course Code: 
PHY 501
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Physics

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