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

Prelecture notes

Prelecture notes should be read before class. Read the unit that corresponds to the lecture. "Examples" lectures will focus on the previous two units.

Schedule

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Week Date Checkpoints Lectures Prelabs / Labs Discussions Homework Exams
1
Monday
8/24/2020
 Checkpoint 1 Unit 1:
Waves and Wave Equations
pdf ppt		        
Tuesday
8/25/2020
      

Discussion 1

    
Wednesday
8/26/2020
 Checkpoint 2 Unit 2:
Interference
pdf ppt		      
Thursday
8/27/2020
          
Friday
8/28/2020
   Examples
pdf ppt		      
2
Monday
8/31/2020
 Checkpoint 3 Unit 3:
Diffraction
pdf ppt		       Orientation Quiz
Tuesday
9/1/2020
    
Lab 0:
Orientation		 Discussion 2
solutions		 Homework 1 due
Homework 2 due		  
Wednesday
9/2/2020
 Checkpoint 4 Unit 4:
Photons
pdf ppt		      
Thursday
9/3/2020
          
Friday
9/4/2020
 Checkpoint 5 Unit 5:
Interference of individual photons
pdf ppt		      
3
Monday
9/7/2020
 Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday
9/8/2020
     No Lab Discussion 3
solutions		 Homework 3 due
Homework 4 due		  
Wednesday
9/9/2020
 Checkpoint 6 Unit 6:
Quantum nature of polarization
pdf ppt		    
Thursday
9/10/2020
        
Friday
9/11/2020
   Examples
pdf ppt		    
4
Monday
9/14/2020
 Checkpoint 7 Unit 7:
Quantum description of matter pdf ppt		       Quiz 1
Tuesday
9/15/2020
     Prelab 1
Lab 1:
Photons		 Discussion 4
solutions 		Homework 5 due
Homework 6 due		  
Wednesday
9/16/2020
 Checkpoint 8 Unit 8:
Energy eigenstates
(Time independent Schroedinger equation)
pdf ppt		    
Thursday
9/17/2020
        
Friday
9/18/2020
   Examples
pdf ppt		    
5
Monday
9/21/2020
 Checkpoint 9 Unit 9:
Energy levels
pdf ppt		        
Tuesday
9/22/2020
     No Lab Discussion 5
solutions		    
Wednesday
9/23/2020
 Checkpoint 10 Unit 10:
Time-Dependent
Quantum States
pdf ppt		    
Thursday
9/24/2020
     Homework 7 due
Homework 8 due		  
Friday
9/25/2020
   Examples
pdf ppt		    
6
Monday
9/28/2020
 Checkpoint 11 Unit 11:
Coupled wells
pdf ppt		       Quiz 2
Tuesday
9/29/2020
     Prelab 2
Lab 2
Atomic Spectra		 Discussion 6
solutions<		 Homework 9 due
Homework 10 due		  
Wednesday
9/30/2020
 Checkpoint 12 Unit 12:
Many electrons and band structure
pdf ppt		      
Thursday
10/1/2020
          
Friday
10/2/2020
   Examples
pdf ppt		      
7
Monday
10/5/2020
   Applications of quantum mechanics
pdf ppt		        
Tuesday
10/6/2020
         Discussion 7
solutions 		   
Wednesday
10/7/2020
   TBA
pdf ppt		      
Thursday
10/8/2020
          
Friday
10/9/2020
   Final review
pdf ppt		   Homework 11 due
Homework 12 due		 Final Exam (7 PM)