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

Subjects covered before Hour Exam 1

Unit 1

• Frequency, wavelength, and phase differences
• Reading wave parameters from a graph

Unit 2

• Interference for two slits
• Interference in an interferometer
• Phasor addition

Unit 3

• Diffraction: computing the resolution of a telescope

Unit 4

• Number of photons in a light source
• Photoelectric effect

Subjects covered before Hour Exam 2

Unit 5

• Basics of complex numbers for quantum mechanics
• Probability and Intensity

Unit 6

• Probability Amplitudes
• Two slit experiment using wave functions (probabilistic interpretation of two slit experiments)
• Wave functions and probability

Unit 7

• Electron Momentum
• Free Electron Wavefunction

Unit 8

• Infinite Square Well Absorption
• Heisenberg Relation for a Square Well

Subjects covered before final exam

Unit 9

• Harmonic Oscillator

Unit 10

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Unit 11

• Multiple Electrons

Unit 12

• Many Electron Filling

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