PHY 255 Physics in Modern Technology

Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisite: PHY 121 or PHY 141, PHY 122 or PHY 142, PHY 123 or PHY 143.

This course is designed for science majors interested in the impact of science in modern technology and vice versa. Topics covered are microelectronics and their application to computers: the transistor, manufacture of transistors and VLSI, computer architecture, data representations. Communications: transmission of electromagnetic waves, information theory, noise in communication channels, fiber optics communications, principles and properties of laser operation. Energy: solar energy flux and terrestrial energy balance, fission reactions, controlled fusion, and solar energy.

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