Syllabus, Fall 2007
Last updated 9/26/07
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
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| Week 1 Ch. 1 Ch. 5 |
Labor Day |
9/5 Introduction and Standing Waves |
9/7 Travelling waves, particles, and de Broglie |
| Week
2 Ch. 5 |
9/10 Particles really do sometimes act as waves |
9/12 Wavepackets |
9/14 The meaning of the wavefunction |
| Week 3 Ch. 6 |
9/17 The Schrodinger Equation |
9/19 The discrete motions of an electron: Stationary-state solutions of the SWE, part 1 |
9/21 The discrete motions of an electron: Stationary states, part 2 |
| Week 4 |
9/23 Comparing with experiment |
9/25 Beyond stationary states |
9/27 The harmonic oscillator |
| Week 5 Ch. 7.1-7.6 |
10/1 Reflection and transmission of particles |
10/3 Hydrogen atom, part 1 |
10/5 Exam 1 Review Session thursday 4 Oct 5-7 pm 2241 CH |
| Week
6 Ch. 8.1 |
10/8 Hydrogen atom, part 2 |
10/10 atoms besides hydrogen |
10/12 Electron spin and the periodic table |
| Week 7 Ch. 9.1-9.3,9.5,9.6 |
10/15 Classical statistics |
10/17 Statistics of electron motion, part 1 |
10/19 Statistics of electron motion, part 2 |
| Week
8 CH. 10.1 |
10/22 Forces between atoms, part 1 |
10/24 Forces between atoms, part 2 and molecular spectra, part 1 |
10/26 Molecular spectra, part 2 |
| Week 9 Ch. 10.2 |
10/29 Lasers part 1 |
10/31 Lasers, part 2 |
11/2 Exam 2 Review Session 1 November 5-7 pm 2241 CH |
| Week
10 |
11/5 Lasers, part 3 |
11/7 Electrical conduction |
11/9 Electron states in metals |
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Week 11 |
11/12 Quantum conduction |
11/14 Magnetism |
11/16 Energy bands, part 1 |
| Week
12 Ch. 11.1, 11.2 |
11/19 Energy bands, part 2 |
11/21 Thanksgiving - No Class |
11/23 Thanksgiving - No Class |
Week 13 |
11/26 Band structure |
11/28 Doped semiconductors |
11/30 Exam 3 |
| Week 14 Ch. 11.3 |
12/3 Doped semiconductors |
12/5 p-n junctions |
12/7 Diodes, transistors |
| Week 15 |
12/10 MOSFETS, Heterojunctions |
12/12 Illuminated junctions: solar cells |
12/14 Photodetectors and LEDs |
| Final Exam: |
Review Session Tues Dec 18 5-7 pm B239 Van Vleck |
| 12/19 12:25 - 2:25 PM |
Location: B239 Van Vleck |