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
1
Monday
1/20/2020
 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Holiday
Tuesday
1/21/2020
     No Lab Discussion 1
No quiz		    
Wednesday
1/22/2020
   Unit 1:
Waves and Wave Equations
pdf ppt Recording 		   
Thursday
1/23/2020
        
Friday
1/24/2020
 Checkpoint 1 Unit 2:
Interference
pdf ppt Recording 		   
2
Monday
1/27/2020
   Examples
pdf ppt Recording 		No Lab      
Tuesday
1/28/2020
     Discussion 2
Quiz 1		    
Wednesday
1/29/2020
 Checkpoint 2
 		 Unit 3:
Diffraction
pdf ppt Recording 		   
Thursday
1/30/2020
     Homework 1 due
Homework 2 due		  
Friday
1/31/2020
 Checkpoint 3 Unit 4:
Photons
pdf ppt Recording 		   
3
Monday
2/3/2020
 Checkpoint 4 Unit 5:
Interference of individual photons
pdf ppt Recording 		       
Tuesday
2/4/2020
     Prelab 1
Lab 1:
Interference and
Diffraction		 Discussion 3
Quiz 2		 Homework 3 due
Homework 4 due		  
Wednesday
2/5/2020
 Checkpoint 5
 		 Unit 6:
Quantum nature of polarization
pdf ppt Recording 		   
Thursday
2/6/2020
        
Friday
2/7/2020
   Examples
pdf ppt Recording 		     
4
Monday
2/10/2020
 Checkpoint 6 Unit 7:
Quantum description of matter
pdf ppt Recording 		       
Tuesday
2/11/2020
     No lab Discussion 4
Quiz 3		 Homework 5 due
Homework 6 due		  
Wednesday
2/12/2020
 Checkpoint 7 Unit 8:
Energy eigenstates
Time independent Schroedinger equation)
pdf ppt Recording 		   
Thursday
2/13/2020
        
Friday
2/14/2020
   Examples
pdf ppt Recording 		     
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		    
Wednesday
2/19/2020
 Checkpoint 9
 		 Unit 10:
Time-dependent quantum states
pdf ppt Recording 		   
Thursday
2/20/2020
     Homework 7 due
Homework 8 due		  
Friday
2/21/2020
   Examples
pdf ppt Recording 		   
6
Monday
2/24/2020
 Checkpoint 10 Unit 11:
Coupled wells
pdf ppt Recording 		Prelab 2
Lab 2:
Photons		      
Tuesday
2/25/2020
     Discussion 6
Quiz 5		 Homework 9 due
Homework 10 due		  
Wednesday
2/26/2020
 Checkpoint 11
 		 Unit 12:
Many electrons and band structure
pdf ppt Recording 		   
Thursday
2/27/2020
        
Friday
2/28/2020
 		 Examples
pdf ppt Recording 		   
7
Monday
3/2/2020
   Applications of quantum mechanics
pdf ppt Recording 		       
Tuesday
3/3/2020
     Prelab 3
Lab 3:
Atomic Spectra		 Discussion 7
Quiz 6		 Homework 11 due
Homework 12 due		  
Wednesday
3/4/2020
   TBA
pdf ppt Recording 		   
Thursday
3/5/2020
        
Friday
3/6/2020
   Final review
pdf ppt Recording 		  Final Exam (7 PM)