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3.00 Credits
Optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures: interband and intraband optical transitions, excitons and polaritons, semiconductor Bloch equations, bosonization, exciton BEC, exciton laser. Transport properties in mesoscopic and atomic systems: electron optics versus photon optics, Landauer-Büttiker formula, noise in diffusive and dissipative transport, nonequilibrium Green's function, electron entanglement, Coulomb blockade, single electronics, and spin dynamics in semiconductor quantum dots. Student presentations on assigned topics. 3 units, alternate years, not given this year
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1.00 - 15.00 Credits
1-15 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff), Sum (Staff)
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3.00 Credits
Concepts from statistical mechanics applied to contemporary molecular biology: allosteric transitions; protein folding; molecular recognition; actin polymers and gels; molecular motors; lipids and membrane proteins; ion channels. Some of the basic models used to quantitate fundamental biomolecular functions. Prerequisites: elementary statistical mechanics and chemical kinetics. 3 units, alternate years, not given this year
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1.00 Credits
Current research and literature; offered by faculty, students, and outside specialists. May be repeated for credit. 1 unit, Aut (Beasley, M), Win (Beasley, M), Spr (Beasley, M)
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1.00 Credits
Students undertake background study prior to each weekly seminar offered through 470 as an introduction to topics of contemporary interest in condensed matter physics, critique each seminar for success in oral communication, and present a one-hour seminar on a contemporary topic for critique by the class. May be repeated for credit. Corequisite: 470. 2 units, Aut (Beasley, M), Win (Beasley, M), Spr (Beasley, M)
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1.00 Credits
Current research topics in lasers, quantum electronics, optics, and photonics by faculty, students, and invited speakers. May be repeated for credit. 1 unit, Aut (Mabuchi, H), Win (Byer, R), Spr (Harris, S)
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3.00 Credits
(F,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to freshmen. The physics of lasers and their light. Computer applets and hands-on investigations. Historical development of ideas about light: electromagnetic waves; particles; special relativity; quantum theory; and the laser. Properties of laser light: wavelength and frequency; coherence; polarization; interference; diffraction; and linear and nonlinear optics. Lasers and applications from Schawlow and Townes to Linac Coherent Light Source. Prerequisites: high school physics and calculus. GER:DB-EngrAppSci 3 units, Aut (Bucksbaum, P)
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3.00 Credits
(F,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to freshmen. Choices for meeting the future energy needs of the U.S. and the world. Basic physics of energy sources, technologies that might be employed, and related public policy issues. Trade-offs and societal impacts of different energy sources. Policy options for making rational choices for a sustainable world energy economy. GER:DBEngrAppSci 3 units, Aut (Fox, J; Geballe, T)
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
(Same as ANTHRO 3.) Aims, methods, and data in the study of human society's development from early hunters through late prehistoric civilizations. Archaeological sites and remains characteristic of the stages of cultural development for selected geographic areas, emphasizing methods of data collection and analysis appropriate to each. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-GlobalCom 3-5 units, Aut (Rick, J)
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
(Same as ANTHRO 103A, ANTHRO 203A, ARCHLGY 301B.) Perspectives, methods, and data that archaeology brings to human/environment interaction issues such as environmental variability and change, sustainability, and human impacts. How to use paleoenvironmental data in archaeological research; how to recover and analyze such data to reconstruct human/environment interactions in prehistory. 3-5 units, Spr (Contreras, D)
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