Debye theory, electron theory of metals, band theory of solids, superconductivity, and magnetism. Optical absorption, radiative and nonradiative transitions, processes involving coherent radiation including Raman and Brilloun scattering, and polarization effects with emphasis on optical properties of semiconductors and optically important insulators. Second quantization, with applications to quantizing electromagnetic fields and to many-body theory. Introduction to Feynman diagrams. Introduction to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, renormalization theory.
Special attention is given to the coherent optical techniques made possible with the laser.
Two nucleon system, nuclear models, nuclear reactions and disintegrations of nuclei.