Main Table of Contents

  0: Introduction
  1: Quantum
  2: Balmer series
  3: Planck and black body radiation
  4: Photons
  5: Sample problem: solar radiance
  6: Photoelectric effect
  7: Sample problem: photoelectric effect
  8: Interactive problem: photoelectric effect
  9: Bohr atom
10: Derivation: Bohr radius
11: Derivation: quantized orbits
12: Energy levels, photons and spectral lines
13: Interactive checkpoint: photons and electron energy levels
14: Conduction in solids
15: Mobile electrons and holes
16: Doping
17: p-n junction
18: Physics at work: junction rectifiers
19: Physics at work: MOSFET transistors
20: Physics at work: photovoltaic cells
21: Lasers
22: Laser pumping and stimulated emission
23: Population inversion
24: Physics at work: operating a laser
25: Sample problem: ruby laser
26: Boltzmann and population inversion
27: Interactive checkpoint: a ND:YAG laser
28: Gotchas
29: Summary

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