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I have PhD admits from Purdue and UIUC for their programs in Physics and Biophysics respectively. I am having a tough time making a decision and with the 15th of April approaching I am having a tough time making a decision. I have a background in Physics and one year of research experience in...

I have a Master's degree in Physics and am planning to switch over to Biophysics and wish to know a but about the field in general in terms of the following aspects. I've had a few internships on Biophysics in the past and have loved working in this field. However, I have absolutely no...

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What is the general reputation of Purdue University's Physics department (for PhD students) compared to other good schools in the US?

The force is given by ρQ(v1 - v2cosθ) where Q is the rate of flow. You can understand this by Newton's second law by observing the rate of change of momentum with time. Note that this rate of flow will remain constant throughout the cross-section (which implies that the cross-section after the...

I was studying zeroth law from MIT Courseware (http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-333-statistical-mechanics-i-statistical-mechanics-of-particles-fall-2013/lecture-notes/MIT8_333F13_Lec1.pdf). On page 2, it is mentioned that equation I.4 can be simplified using equation I.5 by cancelling the...

What are the career opportunities one can have except for research in academia after a PhD in Mircofluidics?

Thanks a lot for your reply. Could you please tell me how does this program compare to computational biophysics programs in universities like Harvard, University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne?

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My interests are mainly computational physics and theoretical soft matter physics. How good is the PhD program in (Computational) Physics at CMU (and the Physics Department in general)?

I am currently pursuing a Master's degree in physics with optics as my major and my interests are fiber optics and biosensors. I have also worked on a couple of projects in the past that dealt with a lot of image processing. I will soon begin working on my Master's thesis and want to decide a...

Thank you so much for your elaborate answer. You couldn't have explained it better :)

I don't understand the thought experiment where a photon hitting a reflecting surface and traveling back to the observer is viewed from two frames of reference and the concept of time dilation is suggested arguing that the distances traveled by the photon are not the same in both the frames even...

Yes. Group velocity dispersion is considered. The fiber has a step index profile (constant refractive index inside the core and cladding with a small difference between their values). I'm not considering the effect of bending right now. I only want to get an idea of how to start with the...

I am trying to simulate a Gaussian beam through an optical waveguide having a circular cross-section in matlab. I am familiar with the theory of modes in an optical fiber and can analytically calculate the evolution of the beam by breaking down the beam into a sum of infinite modes. However, I...