University of California San Diego, Department of Physics
Winter 2009 Physics 1C Webpage

Lecture Notes

1.1 Harmonic Oscillator

1.2 Waves

1.3 Standing Waves

2,1 Beats, Doppler Effect, EM waves

2.2 Reflection, Refraction

3.1 Image Formation by Mirrors and Lenses

4.1 Simple Optical Systems

4.2 Optical Instruments, Polarization

5.1 Two-slit interference, Thin film interference

5.2 Diffraction

6.1Quantum Mechanics, Particle Nature of Light

7.1 Wave Nature of Matter

7.2 Atomic Physics

8.1 Applications of Quantum Mechanics

8.2 Nuclear Physics

10.1 Nuclear Energy

10.2 Review