PHYSICS 180E · PHYS 180EPlasma Physics Laboratory
Physics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Recommended: course M122. Investigation of plasma physics concepts through experiments using laboratory plasmas. Topics explored may include plasma breakdown and formation by cathode discharge and inductively-coupled electric fields, measurement of plasma properties using Langmuir probes, and excitation and measurement of plasma waves. Theory of operation and use of vacuum systems, electronics, pulsed high power sources, variety of measurement techniques, and data acquisition systems.
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
Requisite: course 110B.
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PHYSICS 180E
- PHYSICS 110BElectricity and Magnetism
- PHYSICS 105BAnalytic Mechanics
- PHYSICS 110AElectricity and Magnetism
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