date
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topic
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lec
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HW
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reading
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8/25
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Introduction Light as waves, light as particles—photoelectric effect, Compton scattering |
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1.1–1.3
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8/27
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Quantum properties of light—single photon interference |
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1.4,1.5
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9/3
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Particles as waves—deBroglie waves and atom interferometry,
crystal diffractionI
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2.1,2.2,1.6, 2.3
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9/8
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Schrodinger equation II, free particles, wavefunctions and
wavepackets, uncertainty principle
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HW2 (due 9/15) |
2.3–2.7
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9/10
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Expectation values and probabilities, Ehrenfest’s theorem
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2.8,2.9
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9/15
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Time-independent Schrodinger’s equation, particle in a box,
philosophy
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HW3 (due 9/29) |
3.1,3.2
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9/17
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Time dependence, Born interpretation, eigenfunctions and
eigenvalues
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3.2–3.4
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9/22
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Quantum wells, features of bound states
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4.1,4.2
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9/24
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Simple harmonic oscillator
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4.3
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9/29
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Midterm
1 Review
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10/1
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Midterm
1
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10/6
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Double wells and molecular bonding
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(due 10/15)
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4.4,4.5
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10/8
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Perturbation Theory
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10/13
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Scattering—step potential
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4.6
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10/15
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Tunneling and STMs
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(due 10/22) |
4.7
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10/20
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Schrodinger’s equation in 3D
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6.1
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10/22
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Spherical coordinates and angular momentum
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6.2
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10/27
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Hydrogen—wavefunctions and probability densities
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6.3
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10/29
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Zeeman effect, spin
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HW7 (due 11/5) |
6.4,6.5
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11/3
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spin, continued; fine structure |
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11/5
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catch-up day | |||
11/10
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Midterm
2 review
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11/12
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Midterm
2
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11/17
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Identical particles, Pauli exclusion principle, and exchange forces |
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7.1,7.2
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11/19
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Fermi energy and quantum statistics I |
(due Dec 5)
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7.4,7.5
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12/1
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12/3
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Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, Bose-Einstein condensation, lasers |
(due Dec 10)
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7.6–7.8 |
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12/8
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12/10
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Semiconductors |
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12/18
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Final
Exam
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