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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Lecture notes will be posted at around 8:30 AM before class, and updated with annotations soon after.
Week | Date | Checkpoints | Lectures | Prelabs / Labs | Discussions | Homework | Exams |
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1 |
Monday
1/20/2020 |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Holiday | |||||
Tuesday
1/21/2020 |
No Lab | Discussion 1 No quiz |
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Wednesday
1/22/2020 |
Unit 1: Waves and Wave Equations pdf ppt Recording |
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Thursday
1/23/2020 |
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Friday
1/24/2020 |
Checkpoint 1 | Unit 2: Interference pdf ppt Recording |
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2 |
Monday
1/27/2020 |
Examples pdf ppt Recording |
No Lab | ||||
Tuesday
1/28/2020 |
Discussion 2 Quiz 1 |
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Wednesday
1/29/2020 |
Checkpoint 2 |
Unit 3: Diffraction pdf ppt Recording |
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Thursday
1/30/2020 |
Homework 1 due Homework 2 due |
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Friday
1/31/2020 |
Checkpoint 3 | Unit 4: Photons pdf ppt Recording |
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3 |
Monday
2/3/2020 |
Checkpoint 4 | Unit 5: Interference of individual photons pdf ppt Recording |
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Tuesday
2/4/2020 |
Prelab 1 Lab 1: Interference and Diffraction |
Discussion 3 Quiz 2 |
Homework 3 due Homework 4 due |
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Wednesday
2/5/2020 |
Checkpoint 5 |
Unit 6: Quantum nature of polarization pdf ppt Recording |
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Thursday
2/6/2020 |
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Friday
2/7/2020 |
Examples pdf ppt Recording |
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4 |
Monday
2/10/2020 |
Checkpoint 6 | Unit 7: Quantum description of matter pdf ppt Recording |
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Tuesday
2/11/2020 |
No lab | Discussion 4 Quiz 3 |
Homework 5 due Homework 6 due |
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Wednesday
2/12/2020 |
Checkpoint 7 | Unit 8: Energy eigenstates Time independent Schroedinger equation) pdf ppt Recording |
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Thursday
2/13/2020 |
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Friday
2/14/2020 |
Examples pdf ppt Recording |
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5 |
Monday
2/17/2020 |
Checkpoint 8 |
Unit 9: Energy levels pdf ppt Recording |
Midterm Exam (7 PM) | |||
Tuesday
2/18/2020 |
No Lab | Discussion 5 Quiz 4 |
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Wednesday
2/19/2020 |
Checkpoint 9 |
Unit 10: Time-dependent quantum states pdf ppt Recording |
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Thursday
2/20/2020 |
Homework 7 due Homework 8 due |
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Friday
2/21/2020 |
Examples pdf ppt Recording |
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6 |
Monday
2/24/2020 |
Checkpoint 10 | Unit 11: Coupled wells pdf ppt Recording |
Prelab 2 Lab 2: Photons |
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Tuesday
2/25/2020 |
Discussion 6 Quiz 5 |
Homework 9 due Homework 10 due |
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Wednesday
2/26/2020 |
Checkpoint 11 |
Unit 12: Many electrons and band structure pdf ppt Recording |
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Thursday
2/27/2020 |
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Friday
2/28/2020 |
Examples pdf ppt Recording |
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7 |
Monday
3/2/2020 |
Applications of quantum mechanics pdf ppt Recording |
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Tuesday
3/3/2020 |
Prelab 3 Lab 3: Atomic Spectra |
Discussion 7 Quiz 6 |
Homework 11 due Homework 12 due |
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Wednesday
3/4/2020 |
TBA pdf ppt Recording |
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Thursday
3/5/2020 |
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Friday
3/6/2020 |
Final review pdf ppt Recording |
Final Exam (7 PM) |