PHYS 214 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

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Lecture Notes

Week Date Checkpoints Lectures Prelabs / Labs Discussions Homework Exams
1
Monday
8/26/2019
  Unit 1:
Waves and Wave Equations
pdf ppt
       
Tuesday
8/27/2019
     

Discussion 1
No quiz

   
Wednesday
8/28/2019
Checkpoint 1 Unit 2:
Interference
pdf ppt
     
Thursday
8/29/2019
         
Friday
8/30/2019
  Examples
pdf ppt
     
2
Monday
9/2/2019
  Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday
9/3/2019
      Discussion 2
Quiz 1
Homework 1 due
Homework 2 due
 
Wednesday
9/4/2019
Checkpoint 2 Unit 3:
Diffraction
pdf ppt
     
Thursday
9/5/2019
         
Friday
9/6/2019
Checkpoint 3 Unit 4:
Photons
pdf ppt
     
3
Monday
9/9/2019
Checkpoint 4 Unit 5:
Interference of individual photons
pdf ppt
       
Tuesday
9/10/2019
    Prelab 1
Lab 1:
Interference and
Diffraction
Discussion 3
Quiz 2
Homework 3 due
Homework 4 due
 
Wednesday
9/11/2019
Checkpoint 5 Unit 6:
Quantum nature of polarization
pdf ppt
   
Thursday
9/12/2019
       
Friday
9/13/2019
  Examples
pdf ppt
   
4
Monday
9/16/2019
Checkpoint 6 Unit 7:
Quantum description of matter pdf ppt
       
Tuesday
9/17/2019
    Prelab 2
Lab 2:
Photons
Discussion 4
Quiz 3
Homework 5 due
Homework 6 due
 
Wednesday
9/18/2019
Checkpoint 7 Unit 8:
Energy eigenstates
(Time independent Schroedinger equation)
pdf ppt
   
Thursday
9/19/2019
       
Friday
9/20/2019
  Examples
pdf ppt
   
5
Monday
9/23/2019
Checkpoint 8 Unit 9:
Energy levels
pdf ppt
      Midterm Exam (7 PM)
Tuesday
9/24/2019
    Discussion 5
Quiz 4
   
Wednesday
9/25/2019
Checkpoint 9 Unit 10:
Time-Dependent
Quantum States
pdf ppt
     
Thursday
9/26/2019
      Homework 7 due
Homework 8 due
 
Friday
9/27/2019
  Examples
pdf ppt
     
6
Monday
9/30/2019
Checkpoint 10 Unit 11:
Coupled wells
pdf ppt
       
Tuesday
10/1/2019
      Discussion 6
Quiz 5
Homework 9 due
Homework 10 due
 
Wednesday
10/2/2019
Checkpoint 11 Unit 12:
Many electrons and band structure
pdf ppt
     
Thursday
10/3/2019
         
Friday
10/4/2019
  Examples
pdf ppt
Lab 3:
CANCELLED!
   
7
Monday
10/7/2019
  Applications of quantum mechanics
pdf ppt
       
Tuesday
10/8/2019
    Prelab 4
Lab 4:
Atomic Spectra
Grating notes
Discussion 7
Quiz 6
   
Wednesday
10/9/2019
  TBA
pdf ppt
   
Thursday
10/10/2019
       
Friday
10/11/2019
  Final review
pdf ppt
Homework 11 due
Homework 12 due
 
8
Monday
10/14/2019
          Final Exam (7 PM)