The typical program for the PhD is as follows. Students are expected to take one of PH 575/585 in year one and one in year two.
Days | Hour | Fall | Winter | Spring |
Year 1 | ||||
MWF | 9-10 | PH 651 | PH 652 | PH 653 |
10-11 | PH 631 | PH 632 | ||
11-12 | PH 561 | PH 621 | PH 641 | |
12-1 | ||||
1-2 | ||||
2-3 | PH 585 | |||
3-4 | PH 575 | |||
Year 2 | ||||
MWF | 9-10 | PH 642 | PH 654 | PH 633 |
10-11 | ||||
11-12 | ||||
12-1 | ||||
1-2 | ||||
2-3 | Modules | Modules | PH 585 | |
3-4 | Modules | Modules | PH 575 |
The outline of the specialty modules is as follows (names in parentheses designate developer):
SSP Modules | AMO Modules | |
PH 575 Introduction to SS Physics |
PH 585 Introduction to AMO Physics |
3 credit 3 lectures per week |
PH 671 Electron Transport (Ethan Minot) | PH 681 Topics in Modern Optics (Viktor Podolskiy) | 2 credit 5 week 1h20m 3 lectures per week |
PH 672 Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics (Guenter Schneider) | PH 682 Semiconductor Optics (Ethan Minot) | |
PH 673 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Oksana Ostroverkhova) | PH 683 Nonlinear Optics (Bill Hetherington) | |
PH 674 Magnetism (Tom Giebultowicz) | PH 684 Ultrafast Optics and Coherent Spectroscopy (Yun-Shik Lee) |