Calendar

 

Week Date Prelecture reading Checkpoints Lectures and Recordings Prelabs / Labs Discussions Homework Exams
1
Tuesday
2/18/2025
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 Unit 1: Waves and Wave Equations No lab activities this week Discussion 1 Homework 1
Friday
2/21/2025
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Unit 2: Interference Homework 2
2
Tuesday
2/25/2025
Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Unit 3: Diffraction Lab 1: Interference and Diffraction Discussion 2 Homework 3
Friday
2/28/2025
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Unit 4: Photons Homework 4
3
Tuesday
3/4/2025
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 Unit 5: Probability and Complex Number Lab 2: Photons Discussion 3 Homework 5 Mid-term Exam 1 (Friday)
Friday
3/7/2025
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Unit 6: The Wave Function Homework 6
4
Tuesday
3/11/2025
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7 Unit 7: Momentum and Position Lab 3: Simulation Discussion 4 Homework 7
Friday
3/14/2025
Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8 Unit 8: Energy Eigenstates
(Time independent Schrodinger equation)
Homework 8
5
Tuesday
3/18/2025
Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9 Unit 9: Harmonic Oscillator Lab 4: Atomic Spectra Discussion 5 Homework 9 Mid-term Exam 2 (Friday)
Friday
3/21/2025
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10 Unit 10: Multiple Electrons Homework 10
6
Tuesday
3/25/2025
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11 Unit 11: Band Structure Discussion 6 Homework 11
Friday
3/28/2025
Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12 Unit 12: Polarization and Spin Homework 12
7
Tuesday
4/1/2025
Final Review No lab activities this week Discussion 7 Final Exam (April 27)
Friday
4/4/2025
Optional: Quantum Entanglement, Molecules, and Superconductors (Tomb-Sweeping Day: no class)