Physics 214 - Course Syllabus - Spring 2011

Lecture will meet for the first time on Wednesday, January 19.
Discussion will meet for the first time on Tuesday, January 18.
The first lab will be on Tuesday, January 25.

Week

Date

Lectures & Exams

Homework & Quizzes

Labs

1

Mon
Jan 17

Martin Luther King Day

Discussion, but no Quiz
Homework 1
(due 8am Tues Jan 25)

No lab
PreLab 1
(Due at start of Lab 1)

Wed
Jan 19

Lecture 1:        Waves and Wave Equations

   PPT or PDF

Fri
Jan 21

Lecture 2:        Interference

   PPT or PDF    Text : 35.1-3

Lecture 3:        Review & Examples (Lecture not given)

   PPT or PDF

2

Mon
Jan 24

Lecture 4:        Diffraction & Spectroscopy

   PPT or PDF     Text: 36.1-6

Quiz 1
Homework 2
(due 8am Tues Feb 1 )

Lab 1
Interference and Diffraction

PreLab 2
(Due at start of Lab 2)

Wed
Jan 26

Lecture 5:        Applications

   PPT or PDF    Text: 35.5, 36.7

Fri
Jan 28

Lecture 6:        Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

3

Mon
Jan 31

Lecture 7:        Introduction to Quantum Physics: Light as Particles

   PPT or PDF    Text: 38.1-2, 9

Quiz 2
Homework 3
(due 8am Tues Feb 8)

Lab 2
Photons

Wed
Feb 2

Lecture 8:        Matter Waves & Uncertainty Principle

   PPT or PDF    Text: 39.1-5

Fri
Feb 4

Lecture 9:      Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

4

Mon
Feb 7

Lecture 10:        The Schrödinger Equation & Particle in a Box

   PPT or PDF    Text: 40.1

Quiz 3
Homework 4
(due 8am Thursday Feb 17)

No Lab
PreLab 3
(Due at start of Lab 3)

Wed
Feb 9

Lecture 11:      Particles in Finite Potential Wells

   PPT or PDF    Text: 40.2, 4

Fri
Feb 11

Lecture 12:      Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

5

Sun
Feb 13

Review lecture for Midterm Exam
3-5 pm, 141 Loomis

Quiz 4
Homework 5
(due 8am Tues Feb 22)

Lab 3 for students in 132 Loomis.
 Wave Functions
Computer Exercise
Lab 3 is held in room 257

PreLab 4
(Due at start of Lab 4)

Mon
Feb 14

Lecture 13       Time-Dependent Quantum States

   PPT or PDF    (no text material)

MIDTERM EXAM: 7-8:30 pm (Conflict Exam, 5:15 pm)

Wed
Feb 16

Lecture 14:      Barrier Penetration and Tunneling

   PPT or PDF    Text: 40.3

Fri
Feb 18

Lecture 15:      Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

6

Mon
Feb 21

Lecture 16:      3D Potentials and the Hydrogen Atom

   PPT or PDF    Text: 38.3-5; 40.5, 41.1

Quiz 5
Homework 6
(due 8am Saturday
Mar 5)

Lab 3 for students in 164 Loomis.
Wave Functions
Computer Exercise
Lab 3 is held in room 257

PreLab 4
(Due at start of Lab 4)

Wed
Feb 23

Lecture 17:      Angular Momentum, Spin and Atoms

   PPT or PDF    Text: 41.1-3

Fri
Feb 25

Lecture 18:      Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

7

Sun
Feb 27

Optional Lecture on Quantum Information
141 Loomis at 3 PM

Quiz 6
No Homework

Lab 4
Atomic Spectra

Mon
Feb 28

Lecture 19:      Building Atoms, Molecules and Solids

   PPT or PDF    Text: 41.4; 42.1

Wed
Mar 2

Lecture 20:      Consequences of Quantum Mechanics

   PPT or PDF    Text: 38.6,42.4, 6, 8

Fri
Mar 4

Lecture 21:      Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

8

Sun
Mar 6

Review lecture  for Final Exam:
3-6 pm, 141 Loomis

Mon
Mar 7

FINAL EXAM: 7- 9 pm (conflict exam: 4:45 pm)

January 11, 2011

 

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