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: Energy levels, photons and spectral lines
12: Interactive checkpoint: photons and electron energy levels
13: Conduction in solids
14: Mobile electrons and holes
15: Doping
16: p-n junction
17: Physics at work: junction rectifiers
18: Physics at work: MOSFET transistors
19: Physics at work: photovoltaic cells
20: Lasers
21: Laser pumping and stimulated emission
22: Population inversion
23: Physics at work: operating a laser
24: Sample problem: ruby laser
25: Interactive checkpoint: a ND:YAG laser
26: Gotchas
27: Summary

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