Ultra-intense & Ultra-fast
laser-matter interaction
Robin Marjoribanks Group
‘Be very, very careful what you put into that head,
because you will never, ever get it out.’
— Cardinal Wolsey (1475?–1530)
Teaching 2018-19:
Undergraduate
PHY485F/1485F: Laser Physics (Fall 2018)
This course, which is intended to be an introduction to research in optical sciences, covers the statistics of optical fields and the physics of lasers. Topics include the principles of laser action, laser cavities, properties of laser radiation and its propagation, the diffraction of light, and spatial and temporal coherence.
PHY327S/42*S: Advanced Physics Laboratory (Winter 2019)
Experiments in this course are designed to form a bridge to current experimental research. A wide range of experiments are available. In addition to the standard set of experiments a limited number of research projects are also available.
Graduate
PHY1530F: Fluid Mechanics (Fall 2018)
A first course in fluid mechanics aimed at graduate students in physics. No previous knowledge of the subject is assumed. Topics include: inviscid fluids, vorticity, surface waves, the Navier-Stokes equations, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, Stokes flow, drag, boundary layers, stability and instability, Rayleigh-Benard convection.
PHY1485F: Laser Physics (Fall 2018): See PHY485F above
Introduction to research in the Marjoribanks group, a 3-minute video.
What do baseballs and cannonballs have in common? The Magnus Effect, named for Heinrich Magnus who described it in 1852 (but others as early as Newton had recognized the effect — Newton from watching tennis at his Cambridge college.
Last update : 2018 July
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Some links to television or other public science:
Discovery Channel - Out to the Ballgame, Physics of Pitching
Discovery YAFI - Colours of Light
Discovery YAFI - Skittering Spheres of Water
Discovery YAFI - Spikey Stars: Light Diffraction and Scattering