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
1
Monday
1/25/2021
 Checkpoint 1 Unit 1:
Waves and Wave Equations
pdf 		       
Tuesday
1/26/2021
       Discussion 1
solutions		    
Wednesday
1/27/2021
 Checkpoint 2 Unit 2:
Interference
pdf		      
Thursday
1/28/2021
          
Friday
1/29/2021
   Examples
pdf 		     
2
Monday
2/1/2021
 Checkpoint 3 Unit 3:
Diffraction
pdf
Lab 0:
Orientation		      
Tuesday
2/2/2021
     Discussion 2
solutions		 Homework 1 due
Homework 2 due		  
Wednesday
2/3/2021
 Checkpoint 4 Unit 4:
Photons
pdf 		   
Thursday
2/4/2021
        
Friday
2/5/2021
 Checkpoint 5 Unit 5:
Probability and Complex Numbers
pdf 		   
3
Monday
2/8/2021
 Checkpoint 6 Unit 6:
The Wave Function
pdf 		Prelab 1
Lab 1:
Photons		        
Tuesday
2/9/2021
     Discussion 3
solutions		 Homework 3 due
Homework 4 due		  
Wednesday
2/10/2021
   Examples
pdf 		   
Thursday
2/11/2021
        
Friday
2/12/2021
 Checkpoint 7 Unit 7:
Momentum and Position
pdf 		   
4
Monday
2/15/2021
 Checkpoint 8 Unit 8:
Energy eigenstates
(Time independent Schroedinger equation)
pdf 		No Lab     Quiz 1
Tuesday
2/16/2021
     No Discussion Homework 5 due
Homework 6 due		  
Wednesday
2/17/2021
 No class    
Thursday
2/18/2021
        
Friday
2/19/2021
   Examples
pdf 		   
5
Monday
2/22/2021
 Checkpoint 9 Unit 9:
Enery Levels
pdf		 Prelab 2
Lab 2
Atomic Spectra		      
Tuesday
2/23/2021
     Discussion 4
solutions		 Homework 7 due
Homework 8 due		  
Wednesday
2/24/2021
 Checkpoint 10 Unit 10:
Time-Dependent
Quantum States
pdf		    
Thursday
2/25/2021
        
Friday
2/26/2021
   Examples
pdf 		   
6
Monday
3/1/2021
 Checkpoint 11 Unit 11:
Coupled Wells
pdf 		Makeup Labs by Appointment     Quiz 2
Tuesday
3/2/2021
     Discussion 5
solutions		 Homework 9 due
Homework 10 due		  
Wednesday
3/3/2021
 Checkpoint 12 Unit 12:
Many electrons and band structure
pdf		    
Thursday
3/4/2021
        
Friday
3/5/2021
   Examples
pdf 		   
7
Monday
3/8/2021
   Applications of Quantum Mechanics
pdf 		       
Tuesday
3/9/2021
       Discussion 6
solutions		    
Wednesday
3/10/2021
   TBD
pdf 		     
Thursday
3/11/2021
          
Friday
3/12/2021
   Final review
pdf 		  Homework 11 due
Homework 12 due		 Final Exam (7 PM)