Physics 214 Syllabus

Physics 214 - Course Syllabus - Summer 2012

Lecture and discussion will meet for the first time on Monday, June 11.
The first lab will be on Thursday, June 14.

Week

Date

Lectures & Exams

Homework & Quizzes

Labs

1

Mon
Jun 11

Lecture 1: Waves and Wave Equations
PDF or PowerPoint

Discussion
No Quiz
Homework 1
(due Jun 13)

No lab
PreLab 1
(Due on Lab 1)

Tu
Jun 12

Lecture 2: Interference
PDF or PowerPoint
Text: 35:1-3

Wed
Jun 13

Lecture 3: Diffraction & Spectroscopy
PDF or PowerPoint
Text: 36:1-6

Quiz 1
Homework 2
(due Jun 18)

Lab 1
Interference and Diffraction
PreLab 2
(Due on Lab 2)

Th
Jun 14

Lecture 4: Applications: Optical Resolution and Interferometry
PDF or PowerPoint
Text: 35.5, 36.7

2

Mon
Jun 18

Lecture 5: Introduction to Quantum Physics
Light as Particles
Particle-Wave Duality
PDF or PowerPoint
Text: 38:1-2, 9

Quiz 2
Homework 3
(due Jun 20)

Lab 2
Photons

Tu
Jun 19

Lecture 6: Particles as Waves
PDF or PowerPoint
Text: 39:1-5

Wed Jun 20

Lecture 7: Schroedinger's Equation & Particle in a Box
PDF or PowerPoint
Text: 40:1

Quiz 3

PreLab 3
(Due on Lab 3)

Th
Jun 21

Lecture 8: Particles in Finite Potential Wells
PDF or PowerPoint
Text: 40:2, 4

3

Mon
Jun 25

MIDTERM EXAM
10:30 AM – noon

141 Loomis

Quiz 4
Homework 4
(due Jun 27)

Lab 3
Wave Functions
Computer Exercise

Tu
Jun 26

Lecture 9: Time-Dependent Quantum States
PDF or PowerPoint

Wed
Jun 27

Lecture 10: Barrier Penetration and Tunneling
PDF or PowerPoint
Text: 39.3, 5

Quiz 5
Homework 5
(due Jul 3)

No Lab
PreLab 4
(Due on Lab 4)

Th
Jun 28

Lecture 11: Particles in 3D Potentials and the Hydrogen Atom
PDF or PowerPoint
Text: 38.3-5; 40.5, 41.1

4

Mon
Jul 2

Lecture 12: Angular Momentum, Electron Spin and Atomic States
PDF or PowerPoint

Quiz 6
Homework 6
(due Jul 5)

Lab 4
Atomic Spectra

Tu
Jul 3

Lecture 13: Building Atoms, Molecules and Solids
PDF or PowerPoint
Text: 41.4; 42.1

Wed
Jul 4

Independence Day Holiday

Th
Jul 5

Lecture 14: Consequences of Quantum Mechanics - Science, Technology, and the Universe
PDF or PowerPoint
Text: 42.3-4, 6

Office hours in 137 Loomis at a time to be announced.

 

Fri
Jul 6

Final Exam: 10 AM - 12 PM
141 Loomis

Modified May 22, 2012

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