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conditions, electromagnetic waves in conducting and nonconducting
media, reflection and transmission, cavities and
waveguides, sources of radiation.
Optics: wave theory of light, scalar wave approximation,
Kirchoff diffraction integral. Fresnel and Fraunhoffer
diffraction patterns. Absorption, scattering and dispersion of
light. Electromagnetic waws. Selected topics from modern
optics.
Solid state physics: Sommerfield theory of electronic
behaviour in crystals. Kronig-Rnny model, band theory, PN
junctions.
SP3410 Analogue and Optical Techniques
6.0 credit points per semester
No. of hours per week: three hours for two
semesters
Prerequisite: SP1210
Assessment: examination, laboratory tests and
laboratory reports
A second-year subject for students majoring in
instrumentation.
Subject description
An introduction to the bipolar junction transistor, the
common emitter and differential amplifiers. Transistors as
switches. Regulators. Non-linear feedback elements.
An introduction to the field effect transistor. Common
source and drain amplifiers. Other semi-conductor devices.
Power supplies.
The operational amplifier and circuits based on it.
Properties and applications of lasers: sources and detection
of optical radiation; electro, magneto and acoustic optical
effects and their applications; fibre optic sensors, types and
properties of optical fibres, intensity, phase and frequency
modulation in optical fibre sensors.
5~3430 Interfacing and Nuclear Techniques
6.0 credit points per semester
No. of hours per week: three hours for two
semesters
Prerequisite: SP1210
Assessment: examinations, laboratory reports and
laboratory tests
A second-year subject for students majoring in scientific
instrumentation.
Subject description
An introduction to the hardware elements used in a typical
microprocessor system, including registers, adders,
multipliers, multiplexes, decoders, memory, inputloutput and
peripheral devices.
An introduction to the use of a computer language for
interfacing program design, timing, interrupts.
Analogue to digital and digital to analogue conversion.
Sample and hold. Serial communications, Interrupts. Direct
memory access.
Nuclear transducers: radiation safety, radiation detectors,
pulse height analysis, spectrometry.
SP4190 Occupational Hygiene and Safety
9.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
Assessment: examination and assignments
A final-year subject of the degree course in environmental
health.
Subject description
Environmental hazards: accident prevention. Work-related
injuries including tenosynwitis, back and muscle injuries,
Relationship of physical defects to employee safety. Stress in
the workplace, measurement and alleviation. Passive
smoking.
Noise and vibration. Biophysics of sound. Measurement and
bio-effects. Hazard recognition, evaluation and control,
audiometry.
Heat and ventilation. Measurement of dusts and fumes, bioeffects
of indoor air pollution. Body temperature regulation,
effects of heat and cold.
Radiation: ionising and non-ionising (including ultra-violet,
visible light, infra-red, radio frequency and lasers).
Identification and bio-effects. Hazard assessment and control.
Health issues associated with transmission and distribution of
electrical power and electrical appliances.
Toxicology
Toxic substances: mechanisms of action and pathogenic
effects (carcinogenesis, mutagenesis, teratogenesis). Use of
mammals and sub mammalian systems in predicting and
assessing toxic effects in man.
Routes of ingestion of toxic substances including heavy
metals, benzene, PCBs, solvents, organic chemicals, silica,
asbestos, allergens and pesticides.
Evaluation and control measures.
Safety technology.
Machine safety. Hazard identification. Principles of machine
guarding. Assessment of dangers and guarding
arrangements. Boilers and pressure vessels. Safety devices
(valves, gauges, alarm systems). Safe working practices.
Fire and explosion. Use of flammable and explosiw
substances. Risks assessment. Fire precautions.
Chemical safety. Handling, chemical safety, hazard
identification, storage and transport of dangerous and toxic
chemicals. Inspection of ventilation ducts for
micro-organisms.
SP5609 Physics 5-6
6.0 credit points in semester one and 7.0 credit
points in semester two
No. of hours per week: two hours for two
semesters
Assessment: practical work and examination
A fourth-year subject for students majoring in medical
biophysics.
Subject description
Solid state physics: tunnel diodes, PN and PIN photodiodes,
PN detectors for protons, for alpha particles and for gamma
rays.
Superconductivity: basic phenomena, London equations,
non-local electrodynamics. BCS theory and Ginzberg-Landau
approach. Flux quantisation, Josephson effects, and
superconducting quantum interference devices.
Nuclear magnetic resonance: basic theory of NMR, CW and
pulsed NMR experiments, NMR spectroscopy and magnetic
resonance imaging.
Non-linear dynamical systems: dynamical systems and phase
space. Autonomous and driven systems. Point attractors and
limit cycles. Poincare sections and maps. Strange attractorr,
fractals and chaos. Chaotic behaviour in experimental
systems.