PHYS 214 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

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Week Date Prelecture Lecture Lab Discussion Homework/Online Quizzes Exam
1
Monday
8/28/2017
   Lecture 1:
Waves and Wave Equations
pdf ppt		        
Tuesday
8/29/2017
       Discussion 1    
Wednesday
8/30/2017

Prelecture 1
Quantum Physics

 Lecture 2:
Interference
Text : 35.1-3
pdf ppt		      
Thursday
8/31/2017
          
Friday
9/1/2017

Prelecture 2
Phasors, multiple-slit interference
and single-slit-diffraction

 Lecture 3:
Review & Examples
pdf ppt 9:00am 10:00am		      
2
Monday
9/4/2017
 Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday
9/5/2017
       Discussion 2
Quiz 1		    
Wednesday
9/6/2017


 

 Lecture 4:
Diffraction & Spectroscopy
Text: 36.1-6
pdf ppt		      
Thursday
9/7/2017
       Homework 1 due
Online Quiz 1 due		  
Friday
9/8/2017
 Prelecture 3
Rayleigh's criterion

Lecture 5:
Applications
Text: 35.5, 36.7
pdf ppt

Lecture 6:
Review & Examples
(Lecture not given)
pdf ppt

      
3
Monday
9/11/2017
   Lecture 7:
Intro to Quantum Physics:
Light as Particles
Text: 38.1-2, 9
pdf ppt		        
Tuesday
9/12/2017
     Prelab 1
Lab 1:
Interference and
Diffraction		 Discussion 3
Quiz 2		 Homework 2 due
Online Quiz 2 due		  
Wednesday
9/13/2017

Prelecture 4
Single-particle interference and
the principle of complementarity
 

 Lecture 8:
Matter Waves &
Uncertainty Principle
Text: 39.1-5
pdf ppt		    
Thursday
9/14/2017
        
Friday
9/15/2017
   Lecture 9:
Review & Examples
pdf ppt		    
4
Monday
9/18/2017

Prelecture 5
The Schrodinger equation
 

 Lecture 10:
The Schrödinger Equation &
Particle in a Box
Text: 40.1
pdf ppt		        
Tuesday
9/19/2017
     Prelab 2
Lab 2:
Photons		 Discussion 4
Quiz 3		 Homework 3 due
Online Quiz 3 due		  
Wednesday
9/20/2017
   Lecture 11:
Particles in Finite
Potential Wells
Text: 40.2
pdf ppt		    
Thursday
9/21/2017
        
Friday
9/22/2017
   Lecture 12:
Review & Examples
Text: 40.4
pdf ppt		    
5
Monday
9/25/2017

Prelecture 6
Barrier penetration and tunneling
 

 Lecture 13:
Barrier Penetration
and Tunneling
Text: 40.3
pdf ppt		       Midterm Exam 
Tuesday
9/26/2017
     No Prelab
Lab 3:
Wave Functions
Available in byteshelf
To be done as bonus
from home!		 Discussion 5
Quiz 4		    
Wednesday
9/27/2017
   Lecture 14:
Time-Dependent
Quantum States
pdf ppt 9:00am 10:00am		  
Thursday
9/28/2017
     Homework 4 due
Online Quiz 4 due
Friday
9/29/2017

Prelecture 7
Measurements in quantum mechanics
 

 Lecture 15:
Review & Examples
pdf ppt		  
6
Monday
10/2/2017
   Lecture 16:
3D Potentials and
the Hydrogen Atom
Text: 38.3-5; 40.5, 41.1
pdf ppt		        
Tuesday
10/3/2017
       Discussion 6
Quiz 5		 Homework 5 due
Online Quiz 5 due		  
Wednesday
10/4/2017

Prelecture 8
Solutions for hydrogen
 

 Lecture 17:
Angular Momentum,
Spin and Atoms
Text: 41.1-2
pdf ppt		      
Thursday
10/5/2017
          
Friday
10/6/2017

Prelecture 9
The amazing Stern-Gerlach experiment
 

 Lecture 18:
Review & Examples
Text: 41.3
pdf ppt		      
Sunday    10/8/2017      Optional Lecture on Quantum Information 3pm, 141 Loomis
7
Monday
10/9/2017

Prelecture 10
Beyond hydrogen - more protons,
more electrons, more fun!
 

 Lecture 19:
Building Atoms,
Molecules and Solids
Text: 41.4; 42.1
pdf ppt		        
Tuesday
10/10/2017
     Prelab 4
Lab 4:
Atomic Spectra		 Discussion 7
Quiz 6		    
Wednesday
10/11/2017
   Lecture 20:
Solids: (Semi-)Conductors
and Insulators
Text: 42.4, 6, 8
pdf ppt		    
Thursday
10/12/2017
        
Friday
10/13/2017
   Lecture 21:
Lasers, Macroscopic
Superpositions
Text: 38.6
pdf ppt		    
Saturday
10/14/2017		         Homework 6 due
Online Quiz 6 due		  
8
Monday
10/16/2017
           Final Exam (7 PM)