Radiophysics is a branch of physics

Physics

Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...

 focused on the theoretical and experimental study of certain kinds of radiation

Radiation

In physics, radiation is a process in which energetic particles or energetic waves travel through a medium or space. There are two distinct types of radiation; ionizing and non-ionizing...

: its emission, propagation, and interaction with the medium.

The term is used in the following major meanings:

• study of radio wave
  Radio Wave
  Radio Wave may refer to:*Radio frequency*Radio Wave 96.5, a radio station in Blackpool, UK...
  
  s (the original area of research)
• study of radiation used in radiology
  Radiology
  Radiology is a medical specialty that employs the use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualized within the human body. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies to diagnose or treat diseases...
  
  
• study of other ranges of the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation
  Electromagnetic radiation
  Electromagnetic radiation is a form of energy that exhibits wave-like behavior as it travels through space...
  
   in some specific applications

Among main applications of radiophysics are radio

Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

 communications, radiolocation

Radiolocation

Radiolocating is the process of finding the location of something through the use of radio waves. It generally refers to passive uses, particularly radar—as well as detecting buried cables, water mains, and other public utilities. It is similar to radionavigation, but radiolocation usually...

, radioastronomy, and radiology.

Branches

• Classical radiophysics deals with radio wave communications and detection
• Quantum radiophysics (physics of laser
  Laser
  A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation...
  
  s and maser
  Maser
  A maser is a device that produces coherent electromagnetic waves through amplification by stimulated emission. Historically, “maser” derives from the original, upper-case acronym MASER, which stands for "Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation"...
  
  s; Nikolai Basov was the founder of quantum radiophysics in the Soviet Union
  Soviet Union
  The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
  
  )
• Statistical radiophs

See also

• University of Kiev Faculty of Radiophysics
• Institute of Radio-engineering and Electronics
• Institute for Physical Research
  Institute for Physical Research
  The Institute for Physical Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia is a physics research institute located in Armenia.- History :...
  
  
• University of Calcutta
  University of Calcutta
  The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...
  
  
• Australian Academy of Science
  Australian Academy of Science
  The Australian Academy of Science was founded in 1954 by a group of distinguished Australians, including Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London. The first president was Sir Mark Oliphant. The Academy is modelled after the Royal Society and operates under a Royal Charter; as such it is...
  
  
• Tomsk State University
  Tomsk State University
  Tomsk State University , formerly Imperial Tomsk University, is the first university in Siberia—it was founded in 1878 in Tomsk, Russia. TSU opened in 1888 with only one department, the medical school...
  
  
• Yerevan State University
  Yerevan State University
  Yerevan State University is a university in Yerevan, Armenia. Founded on May 16 1919, it is the largest university in the country with 110 departments. Of its 3,150 employees, 1,190 comprise the teaching staff which includes 25 academicians, 130 professors, 700 docents , and 360 assistant lecturers...
  
  
• N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
• Belarusian State University
  Belarusian State University
  Belarusian State University , Minsk, Belarus, was founded on October 30, 1921. The BSU is a higher education establishment in the Republic of Belarus.-History:...
  
  
• Radiondistics - Physics of the radio waves and applied radio-electronics