Physical Electronics (MP/EE/PEP540)


Course Instructor
Robert Pastore

Charged particle motions in electric and magnetic fields; electron and ion optics; charged particle velocity and mass spectrometry; electron and ion beam confinement; thermionic emission; the Pierce gun; field emission; secondary emission; photoelectric effect; sputtering; surface ionization; volume ionization; and Townsend discharge. Typical text: Beck and Ahmed, An Introduction to Physical Electronics.




This course is part of the following programs:

Program NameProgram Directors(s)
Photonics Graduate CertificateHenry Du
The course discussion questions encouraged everyone to talk. I am surprised at the amount of similarities between everyone’s respective fields."
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