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date

topic

lec

HW

reading

8/25

Introduction Light as waves, light as particles—photoelectric effect, Compton scattering

L1

 

slides

 

1.1–1.3

8/27

Quantum properties of light—single photon interference

L2

slides

HW1

solution

1.4,1.5

9/3

Particles as waves—deBroglie waves and atom interferometry, crystal diffractionI , Schrodinger equation I

L3

 

slides

 

2.1,2.2,1.6, 2.3

9/8

Schrodinger equation II, free particles, wavefunctions and wavepackets, uncertainty principle

L4

wavepacket demo

HW2 (due 9/15)

solution

2.3–2.7

9/10

Expectation values and probabilities, Ehrenfest’s theorem

L5

slides

 

 

2.8,2.9

9/15

Time-independent Schrodinger’s equation, particle in a box, philosophy

L6

mathematica notebook

HW3 (due 9/29)

solution

3.1,3.2

9/17

Time dependence, Born interpretation, eigenfunctions and eigenvalues

L7

mathematica notebook

 

 

3.2–3.4

9/22

Quantum wells, features of bound states

L8

mathematica notebook

4.1,4.2

9/24

Simple harmonic oscillator 

L9

mathematica notebook

4.3

9/29

Midterm 1 Review

 

practice problems

 

10/1

Midterm 1

 

solution 

 

10/6

Double wells and molecular bonding

L10

HW4

(due 10/15)

solution

 

4.4,4.5

10/8

Perturbation Theory

L11

 

10/13

Scattering—step potential

L12

4.6

10/15

Tunneling and STMs

L13

HW5

(due 10/22)

solution 

4.7

10/20

Schrodinger’s equation in 3D

L14

 

 

6.1

10/22

Spherical coordinates and angular momentum

L15

mathematica notebook

HW6 (due 10/29)

solution

6.2

10/27

Hydrogen—wavefunctions and probability densities

L16

mathematica notebook

 

3D wavefunction simulations

 

6.3

10/29

Zeeman effect, spin

L17&18

HW7 (due 11/5)

solution

6.4,6.5

11/3

spin, continued; fine structure

 

 

11/5

catch-up day    

11/10

Midterm 2 review

practice problems

study guide

 

11/12

Midterm 2

 

solution 

 

11/17

Identical particles, Pauli exclusion principle, and exchange forces

L19

 

 

7.1,7.2

11/19

Fermi energy and quantum statistics I

L20

HW 8

(due Dec 5)

solution

7.4,7.5

12/1

Fermi energy and quantum statistics II

 

12/3

Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, Bose-Einstein condensation, lasers

L21

audio recording of CMB

HW 9

(due Dec 10) 

solution

7.6–7.8

12/8

Solids—band structure, electrical properties of materials

L22

 

8.1,8.2

12/10

Semiconductors

L23

 

8.3,8.4

12/18

Final Exam ...1:30-4:30