Experimental set-up: First we split the beam, then we send one beam through the potential and the other along a free path of the same length, then we interfere the two beams to compare the phase. (Image courtesy of Allan Adams.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Allan Adams
Prof. Matthew Evans
Prof. Barton Zwiebach
MIT Course Number
8.04
As Taught In
Spring 2013
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
- Video lectures
- Captions/transcript
- Selected lecture notes
- Assignments: problem sets with solutions
- Exams (no solutions)
Course Description
This course covers the experimental basis of quantum physics. It introduces wave mechanics, Schrödinger's equation in a single dimension, and Schrödinger's equation in three dimensions.
It is the first course in the undergraduate Quantum Physics sequence, followed by 8.05 Quantum Physics II and 8.06 Quantum Physics III.
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