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  • Waves and Optics
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Course Introduction Information

Code - Course Title FİZ231 - Waves and Optics
Course Type Required Courses
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Laboratory + Practice 4+0
ECTS 5.0
Course Instructor(s) DOÇENT SABİHA AKSAY, PROFESÖR TÜLAY HURMA, DOKTOR ÖĞRETİM ÜYESİ MERYEM TÜRKAY AYTEKİN AYDIN, DOÇENT NURAY CANDEMİR
Mode of Delivery expression, problem solving and discussion
Prerequisites none
Courses Recomended none
Recommended Reading List none
Assessment methods and criteria written exam
Work Placement none
Sustainability Development Goals

Content

Weeks Topics
Week - 1 Oscillatory Motion:Simple harmonic motion, Energy of the Simple Harmonic Oscillator, The Pendulum.
Week - 2 Wave Motion: Wave types, Progressive wave in one dimension, Overlapping and interference of waves
Week - 3 Wave Motion:Overlapping and interference of waves, Sinusoidal waves, The Speed of waves on strings, Rate of energy transfer by sinusoidal waves on string, Linear wave equation
Week - 4 Sound Waves: Speed of sound waves, Periodic sound waves, Energy and intensity of periodic sound waves, Sound level as decibels
Week - 5 Sound Waves: Spherical and planar waves, The Doppler effect
Week - 6 General Review and Problem Solutions
Week - 7 Superposition and Standing Waves: Superposition and interference, Standing waves, Standing waves in a string fixed at both ends.
Week - 8 Superposition and Standing Waves (continued): Resonance, Standing waves in air columns.
Week - 9 The Nature of Light and the Laws of Geometric Optics: The nature of light, Measurements of the speed of light, The ray approximation in geometric optics, Reflection, Refraction, Huygen’s principle, Dispersion and prisms, Total internal reflection.
Week - 10 General Review and Problem Solutions
Week - 11 Image Formation: Images formed by flat mirrors, Images formed by spherical mirrors.
Week - 12 Image Formation: Images Formed by Refraction, Thin Lenses
Week - 13 Interference of Light Waves: Conditions for interference, Young’s double-slit experiment, Phasor addition of waves, Change of phase due to reflection, Interference in thin films.
Week - 14 Diffraction Patterns and Polarization: Introduction to Diffraction, Diffraction Patterns from Narrow Slits, Polarization of Light Waves

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Question & Answer
  • Problem Solving
  • Competences
  • Rational
  • Questoning
  • Follow ethical and moral rules
  • Eleştirel düşünebilme
  • Abstract analysis and synthesis
  • Problem solving
  • Elementary computing skills
  • Decision making
  • To work in interdisciplinary projects

Assessment Methods

Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 30
2.Midterm Exam 1 30
Final Exam 1 40
Toplam (%) 100
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