PHYS 214 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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Prelecture notes
Prelecture notes should be read before class. Read the unit that corresponds to the lecture.
Week | Date | Checkpoints | Lectures | Prelabs / Labs | Discussions | Homework |
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1 | Monday 6/14/2021 |
Checkpoint 1 | Unit 1: Waves and Wave Equations |
Discussion 1 Solutions | ||
Tuesday 6/15/2021 |
Checkpoint 2 | Unit 2: Phasors and Interference |
Lab 0: Orientation Group A |
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Wednesday 6/16/2021 |
Checkpoint 3 | Unit 2 continued: Interference continued |
Week 2: Interference solutions |
Homework 1 due | ||
Thursday 6/17/2021 |
Checkpoint 4 | Unit 3: Diffraction pdf overflow-pdf |
Lab 0: Orientation Group B |
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Friday 6/18/2021 |
Homework 2 due Homework 3 due |
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2 | Monday 6/21/2021 |
Checkpoint 5 | Unit 4: Photons |
Week 3: Single-Slit Diffraction and the Properties of Photons solutions |
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Tuesday 6/22/2021 |
Checkpoint 6 | Unit 5 & 6: Probability & complex numbers The wave function, part 1 |
Prelab 1 due Lab 1: Photons Group A |
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Wednesday 6/23/2021 |
Checkpoint 7 | Unit 6 & 7: The wave function, part 2 Momentum & position |
Week 4: The Wave Function Description of Light solutions |
Homework 4 due Homework 5 due |
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Thursday 6/24/2021 |
Checkpoint 8 | Unit 8: Energy eigenstates (Time independent Schroedinger equation) |
Prelab 1 due Lab 1: Photons Group B |
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Friday 6/25/2021 |
Homework 6 due Midterm Practice Problems |
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3 | Monday 6/28/2021 |
Review for Midterm |
Week 5: Wave Functions with Definite Properties solutions |
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Tuesday 6/29/2021 |
Checkpoint 9 | Unit 9: Harmonic Oscillator |
Prelab 2 due Lab 2: Atomic Spectra Group A |
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Tuesday 6/29/2021 |
Mid-Term Exam, 7:00 pm - 7:50 pm | |||||
Wednesday 6/30/2021 |
Checkpoint 10 | Unit 10: Time-Dependent Quantum States |
Week 6: Energy Levels and Time Dependence solutions |
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Thursday 7/1/2021 |
Checkpoint 11 | Unit 11: Tunneling and Coupled wells |
Prelab 2 due Lab 2: Atomic Spectra Group B |
Homework 7 due Homework 8 due |
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Friday 7/2/2021 |
Homework 9 due Homework 10 due |
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4 | Monday 7/5/2021 |
— holiday, no classes — | ||||
Tuesday 7/6/2021 |
Checkpoint 12 | Unit 12: Many electrons and band structure |
No Lab Groups A & B | |||
Wednesday 7/7/2021 |
Final review |
Week 7: Tunnelling and More than One Particle solutions |
Homework 11 due Homework 12 due |
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Thursday 7/8/2021 |
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Friday 7/9/2021 |
Final |