Week

Date

Lectures & Exams

Homework & Quizzes

Labs

1

Tu
Jan 15

Lecture 1: Waves and Wave Equations
PPT or PDF

Discussion, but no Quiz
Homework 1
(due 8am Thurs
Jan 24)

No lab
PreLab 1
(Due on Lab 1)

Th
Jan 17

Lecture 2: Interference
PPT or PDF
Text : 35.1-3

2

Tu
Jan 22

Lecture 3: Diffraction & Spectroscopy
PPT or PDF
Text: 36.1-6

Quiz 1
Homework 2
(due 8am Tues
Jan 29)

Lab 1
Interference and Diffraction
PreLab 2
(Due on Lab 2)

Th
Jan 24

Lecture 4: Applications: Optical Resolution & Interferometry
PPT or PDF
Text: 35.5, 36.7

Th
Jan 31

Lecture 6: Particles as Waves
PPT or PDF
Text: 39.1-5

4

Quiz 3

Homework 4
(due 8am Thurs
Feb 14)

PreLab 3
(Due on Lab 3)

Th
Feb 7

Lecture 8: Particles in Finite Potential Wells
PPT or PDF
Text: 40.2, 4

5

Discussion, but no Quiz
Homework 5
(due 8am Tues
Feb 19)

Lab 3
Wave Functions
Computer Exercise

M
Feb 11

MIDTERM EXAM
(7-8:30 pm)
(Conflict Exam, 5:15 pm)

Tu
Feb 12

Lecture 9: Time-Dependent Quantum States
PPT or PDF

Th
Feb 14

Lecture 10: Barrier Penetration and Tunneling
PPT or PDF
Text: 40.3

6

Sun
Feb 17

Optional Lecture on Quantum Information
151 Loomis at 4 PM

Quiz 4
Homework 6
(due 8am Thurs Feb 28 8am Sat Mar 1)

Th
Feb 21

Lecture 12: Angular Momentum, Electron Spin and Atomic States
PPT or PDF
Text: 41.1-3

7

Tu
Feb 26

Lecture 13: Building Atoms, Molecules and Solids
PPT or PDF
Text: 41.4; 42.1

Quiz 5
No Homework

Lab 4
Atomic Spectra

Th
Feb 28

Lecture 14: Consequences of Quantum Mechanics - Science, Technology, and the Universe
PPT or PDF
Text: 38.6,42.4, 6, 8

8