PHYSICS 150 · PHYS 150Physics of Charged-Particle and Laser Beams
Physics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Physics of charged-particle and laser beams presented as a unified subject. Basic physics of charged-particle beams, covering relativistic particle motion in electromagnetic fields, transverse focusing, acceleration mechanisms, linear and circular accelerators, and advanced topics. Some fundamentals of laser physics, including gain and broadening mechanisms, linear light optics, laser resonators, and advanced topics and applications.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 1A, 1B, and 1C (or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH), 110A, 110B, 115A, 115B.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.75 · from text- · parenthetical alternative "(or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH)" in "1C (or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH)" — scope is a best reading
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
PHYSICS 150
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
- PHYSICS 1AHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics (Honors)
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- PHYSICS 1BHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields (Honors)
- MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
- PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fieldsanother path to it
- PHYSICS 1CHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity (Honors)
- MATH 33BDifferential Equations
- PHYSICS 110AElectricity and Magnetism
- PHYSICS 32Mathematical Methods
- PHYSICS 110BElectricity and Magnetism
- PHYSICS 105BAnalytic Mechanics
- PHYSICS 115AQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 17Modern Physics
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fieldsanother path to it
- PHYSICS 105AAnalytic Mechanics
- PHYSICS 115BQuantum Mechanics
10 direct requisites. Showing 57 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.