Applied Physics

Applied Physics: We cover key areas in electromagnetism, semiconductor physics, electronic tubes, lasers, fiber optics, nuclear engineering, radar, plasma physics, lidar,  MRI, quantum optics, computational physics, quantum computing, etc.

The Principle of Piezoelectric Sensing

The piezoelectric transduction is based on the conversion of mechanical vibrations into electrical signals and vice versa. The piezoelectric effect…

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How Photoelectric Effect Impacts p-n Junctions

When light strikes a semiconductor p-n junction, its energy is absorbed by electrons. Electrons and holes generated by light in…

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Principle of Operation and Applications of a Laser Diode

Laser diodes are PN junction devices under a forward bias. LASER is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission…

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How the Photoelectric Effect Influences Semiconductors

A photoelectric effect is any effect in which light energy is converted to electricity. When light strikes certain light-sensitive materials,…

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Basic Facts about Quantum Computing

Quantum computers employ the laws of quantum mechanics to process data. Quantum mechanics in itself is the study of matter…

4 years ago

The Basics of Semiconductor Physics as the Foundation of Electronics

Metals have a large number of weakly bound electrons in what is called their conduction band. When an electric field…

4 years ago

The Basics Facts about Photons

Photons are the elemental units of electromagnetic spectrum. For example, white light is composed of a number of different kinds…

4 years ago

Electromagnetism and Its Applications

What is Magnetism? Magnetism is the force exerted by magnets when they attract or repel each other. This magnetism force…

4 years ago

Microwave Tubes

It was discovered in 1939 that a toroidal cavity made of conductive material called a cavity resonator surrounding an electron…

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