Physics 214 - Course Syllabus - Spring 2012

Lecture will meet for the first time on Wednesday, January 18.
Discussion will meet for the first time on Tuesday, January 17.
The first lab will be on Tuesday, January 24.

Week

Date

Lectures & Exams

Homework & Quizzes

Labs

1

Mon
Jan 16

Martin Luther King Day

Discussion, but no Quiz
Homework 1
(due 8am Tues Jan 24)

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

Wed
Jan 18

Lecture 1:         Waves and Wave Equations

   PPT or PDF

Fri
Jan 20

Lecture 2:         Interference

   PPT or PDF   Text : 35.1-3

Lecture 3:         Review & Examples (Lecture not given)

   PPT or PDF

2

Mon
Jan 23

Lecture 4:         Diffraction & Spectroscopy

   PPT or PDF    Text: 36.1-6

Quiz 1
Homework 2
(due 8am Tues Jan 31)

Lab 1
Interference and Diffraction

PreLab 2
(Due at start of Lab 2)

Wed
Jan 25

Lecture 5:         Applications

   PPT or PDF   Text: 35.5, 36.7

Fri
Jan 27

Lecture 6:         Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

3

Mon
Jan 30

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 7)

Lab 2
Photons

Wed
Feb 1

Lecture 8:         Matter Waves & Uncertainty Principle

   PPT or PDF   Text: 39.1-5

Fri
Feb 3

Lecture 9:         Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

4

Mon
Feb 6

Lecture 10:       The Schrödinger Equation & Particle in a Box

   PPT or PDF   Text: 40.1

Quiz 3
Homework 4
(due 8am Thursday Feb 16)

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

Wed
Feb 8

Lecture 11:       Particles in Finite Potential Wells

   PPT or PDF   Text: 40.2, 4

Fri
Feb 10

Lecture 12:       Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

5

Sun
Feb 12

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

Quiz 4
Homework 5
(due 8am Tues Feb 21)

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 13

Lecture 13        Time-Dependent Quantum States

   PPT or PDF   (no test material)

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

Wed
Feb 15

Lecture 14:       Barrier Penetration and Tunneling

   PPT or PDF   Text: 40.3

Fri
Feb 17

Lecture 15:       Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

6

Mon
Feb 20

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 3)

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 22

Lecture 17:       Angular Momentum, Spin and Atoms

   PPT or PDF   Text: 41.1-3

Fri
Feb 24

Lecture 18:       Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

7

Sun
Feb 26

Optional Lecture on Quantum Information
141 Loomis at 3 PM

Quiz 6
No Homework

Lab 4
Atomic Spectra

Mon
Feb 27

Lecture 19:       Building Atoms, Molecules and Solids

   PPT or PDF   Text: 41.4; 42.1

Wed
Feb 29

Lecture 20:       Consequences of Quantum Mechanics

   PPT or PDF   Text: 38.6,42.4, 6, 8

Fri
Mar 2

Lecture 21:       Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

8

Sun
Mar 4

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

Mon
Mar 5

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

 

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