Outline of applied physics

The following outline is provided as an overview of, and topical guide to, applied physics:

Applied physics – physics intended for a particular technological or practical use.[1] It is usually considered as a bridge or a connection between "pure" physics and engineering.[2]

Applied Physics – is the proper name of a journal founded and edited by Helmut K.V. Lotsch in 1972 and published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York from 1973 on[3]

Topics in Applied Physics – is the proper name of a series of quasi-monographs founded by Helmut K.V. Lotsch and published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York[4]

What type of thing is applied physics?

Applied physics can be described as all of the following:

Branch of science –
Branch of physics –
Branch of applied science –
Branch of engineering –

Branches of applied physics

Fields and areas of research include:

Accelerator physics –
Acoustics –
Agrophysics –
Analog electronics –
Astrodynamics –
Astrophysics –
Ballistics –
Biophysics –
Communication physics –
Computational physics –
Condensed matter physics –
Control theory –
Digital electronics –
Econophysics –
Experimental physics –
Engineering physics –
Fiber optics –
Fluid dynamics –
Force microscopy and imaging –
Geophysics –
Laser physics –
Medical physics –
Metrological physics –
Microfluidics –
Nanotechnology –
Nondestructive testing –
Nuclear engineering –
Nuclear technology –
Optics –
Optoelectronics –
Petrophysics –
Photonics –
Photovoltaics –
Plasma physics –
Quantum electronics –
Semiconductor physics and devices –
Soil physics –
Solid state physics –
Space physics –
Spintronics –
Superconductors –
Vehicle dynamics –

Applied physics institutions and organizations

International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Institute of Mathematical Science and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños
School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University
Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, China
Institute of Applied Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
School of Pure and Applied Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Department of Applied Physics, University of Karachi.

Applied physics publications
Applied physics journals

American Institute of Physics
- Journal of Applied Physics
- Applied Physics Letters
Japan Society of Applied Physics
- Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Applied Physics Express
IOP Publishing
- Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
- Applied Physics
- Applied Physics A
- Applied Physics B
- Topics in Applied Physics

Persons influential in applied physics

Nikola Tesla
Michael Faraday