New Class on QUANTUM SYSTEMS to be offered in the Fall of 2012

This class will be an introduction to quantum mechanics with applications to actual devices. This website is under development. If you have any comments about this website, feel free to send an email to marc.cahay@uc.edu
Classnotes
  • Syllabus and Homeworks
  • Suggested Reading
  • Reading 1: Feynman's Lecture: There is Plenty of Room at the Bottom (1959)
    Feynman1959.pdf
  • Topic 1: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
    Spectrum.pdf
  • Topic 2: The Early Days of Quantum Mechanics:
    Max Planck - Blackbody radiation
    Blackbody.pdf
  • Topic 3: Photoelectric and Compton Effects
    Compton.pdf
  • Topic 4: Production and Annihilation of Pairs - Absorption of Photons
    Pairs.pdf
  • Topic 5: Heisenber Uncertainty Principle - The Schroedinger Equation
    Heisenberg.pdf
  • Reading: Heisenber Uncertainty Principle - The Schroedinger Equation
    Heisenberg1.pdf
  • Topic 6: Schroedinger Equation - Principles of Quantum Mechanics
    Schroedinger.pdf
  • Reading : The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
    Interpretation.pdf
  • Topic 7: The Harmonic Oscillator
    Harmonic.pdf
  • Topic 8: The Rayleigh-Ritz Variational Procedure
    RayleighRitz.pdf
  • Topic 9: Particle in a constant magnetic field - Landau Levels
    Bfield.pdf
  • Topic 10: Time Independent Perturbation Theory - Formalism
    Perturbation1.pdf
  • Topic 11: Time Independent Perturbation Theory - Examples
    Perturbation2.pdf
  • Topic 12: Time Dependent Perturbation Theory - Formalism
    Timdependent.pdf
  • Topic 13: The Fermi Golden Rule - Examples
    Goldenrule.pdf
  • Topic 14: The Fermi Distribution Function
    FermiDirac.pdf
  • Topic 15: Density of States - From Bulk to Nanostructures
    DOS.pdf
  • Topic 16: The Sommerfeld Expansion - Examples
    Sommerfeld.pdf
  • Topic 17: Tunneling Problems - Transfer and Scattering Matrix techniques
    TransferMatrix.pdf
  • Topic 18: The Kroenig-Penney Model
    KroenigPenney.pdf
  • Topic 19: Fowler-Nordheim Tunneling
    FowlerNordheim.pdf
  • Topic 20: The Esaki Tunneling Diode
    Esaki.pdf
  • Topic 21: Resonant Tunneling Devices
    RTD.pdf
  • Topic 22: Pauli Principle
    Pauli.pdf
  • Reading: Many Particles - Pauli Principle - Periodic Table
    Pauliextra.pdf
  • Reading: More on Periodic Table
    Periodic.pdf
  • Reading: Atomic Transitions - Part 1
    Atomictransitions1.pdf
  • Reading: Atomic Transitions - Part 2
    Atomictransitions2.pdf
  • Reading: Stern-Gerlach Experiment
    SternGerlach.pdf
  • Topic 23: The Quantum Mechanics of Spin
    Spinintro.pdf
  • Reading: Spin Concept
    Spinextra.pdf
  • Topic 24: The Bloch Sphere Concept
    Blochsphere.pdf
  • Topic 25: The Rabi Formula
    Rabi.pdf
  • Topic 26: Bell's theorem
    Bell.pdf
    Homeworks
  • Homework 1 - due date:
    QShwk1.pdf
  • Homework 2 - due date:
    QShwk2.pdf
  • Homework 3 - due date:
    QShwk3.pdf
  • Homework 4 - due date:
    QShwk4.pdf
  • Homework 5 - due date:
    QShwk5.pdf
  • Homework 6 - due date:
    QShwk6.pdf
  • Homework 7 - due date:
    QShwk7.pdf
  • Homework 8 - due date:
    QShwk8.pdf
  • Homework 9 - due date:
    QShwk9.pdf
  • Homework 10 - due date:
    QShwk9.pdf
  • Homework 11 - due date:
    QShwk9.pdf
  • Homework 12 - due date:
    QShwk9.pdf
  • Homework 13 - due date:
    QShwk9.pdf
  • Homework 14 - due date:
    QShwk9.pdf