PHYS 214 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Prelecture notes
Prelecture notes should be read before class. Read the unit that corresponds to the lecture. "Examples" lectures will focus on the previous two units.
Schedule
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Week | Date | Checkpoints | Lectures | Prelabs / Labs | Discussions | Homework | Exams |
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1 |
Monday
8/24/2020 |
Checkpoint 1 | Unit 1: Waves and Wave Equations pdf ppt |
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Tuesday
8/25/2020 |
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Wednesday
8/26/2020 |
Checkpoint 2 | Unit 2: Interference pdf ppt |
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Thursday
8/27/2020 |
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Friday
8/28/2020 |
Examples pdf ppt |
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2 |
Monday
8/31/2020 |
Checkpoint 3 | Unit 3: Diffraction pdf ppt |
Orientation Quiz | |||
Tuesday
9/1/2020 |
Lab 0: Orientation |
Discussion 2 solutions |
Homework 1 due Homework 2 due |
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Wednesday
9/2/2020 |
Checkpoint 4 | Unit 4: Photons pdf ppt |
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Thursday
9/3/2020 |
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Friday
9/4/2020 |
Checkpoint 5 | Unit 5: Interference of individual photons pdf ppt |
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3 |
Monday
9/7/2020 |
Labor Day Holiday | |||||
Tuesday
9/8/2020 |
No Lab | Discussion 3 solutions |
Homework 3 due Homework 4 due |
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Wednesday
9/9/2020 |
Checkpoint 6 | Unit 6: Quantum nature of polarization pdf ppt |
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Thursday
9/10/2020 |
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Friday
9/11/2020 |
Examples pdf ppt |
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4 |
Monday
9/14/2020 |
Checkpoint 7 | Unit 7: Quantum description of matter pdf ppt |
Quiz 1 | |||
Tuesday
9/15/2020 |
Prelab 1 Lab 1: Photons |
Discussion 4
solutions |
Homework 5 due Homework 6 due |
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Wednesday
9/16/2020 |
Checkpoint 8 | Unit 8: Energy eigenstates (Time independent Schroedinger equation) pdf ppt |
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Thursday
9/17/2020 |
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Friday
9/18/2020 |
Examples pdf ppt |
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5 |
Monday
9/21/2020 |
Checkpoint 9 | Unit 9: Energy levels pdf ppt |
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Tuesday
9/22/2020 |
No Lab | Discussion 5 solutions |
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Wednesday
9/23/2020 |
Checkpoint 10 | Unit 10: Time-Dependent Quantum States pdf ppt |
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Thursday
9/24/2020 |
Homework 7 due Homework 8 due |
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Friday
9/25/2020 |
Examples pdf ppt |
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6 |
Monday
9/28/2020 |
Checkpoint 11 | Unit 11: Coupled wells pdf ppt |
Quiz 2 | |||
Tuesday
9/29/2020 |
Prelab 2 Lab 2 Atomic Spectra |
Discussion 6 solutions< |
Homework 9 due Homework 10 due |
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Wednesday
9/30/2020 |
Checkpoint 12 | Unit 12: Many electrons and band structure pdf ppt |
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Thursday
10/1/2020 |
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Friday
10/2/2020 |
Examples pdf ppt |
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7 |
Monday
10/5/2020 |
Applications of quantum mechanics pdf ppt |
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Tuesday
10/6/2020 |
Discussion 7 solutions |
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Wednesday
10/7/2020 |
TBA pdf ppt |
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Thursday
10/8/2020 |
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Friday
10/9/2020 |
Final review pdf ppt |
Homework 11 due Homework 12 due |
Final Exam (7 PM) |