Understanding Modern Physics II: Quantum Mechanics and Atoms
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Understanding Modern Physics II: Quantum Mechanics and Atoms at Coursera Overview
Duration | 11 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Understanding Modern Physics II: Quantum Mechanics and Atoms at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a Certificate upon completion
- Financial aid available
Understanding Modern Physics II: Quantum Mechanics and Atoms at Coursera Course details
- This course is the second course in the Understanding Modern Physics series, which covers an introduction to quantum mechanics, atomic physics and quantum information
- We will find (i) How the quantum world is different from our everyday experience, and why we need quantum mechanics; (ii) How to describe atoms in fundamental physics, why atoms do not collapse, and what are the atomic states; (iii) The nature of quantum information, and why quantum information is much richer than classical information
Understanding Modern Physics II: Quantum Mechanics and Atoms at Coursera Curriculum
Quantum Mechanics: Waves, Particles and Measurements
Introduction
Is Light Particle or Wave?
Photoelectric Effect
Single Photon Double Slit Experiment
Particle-Wave Duality
Wave Function
Waves and Wave Packets
Linearity
Plane Wave Basis
Problem about Momentum
Momentum Operator
Quantum vs Classical
Measurement on Eigenstates
Measurement on General Discrete States
Measurement on General Continuous States
Uncertainty Principle
Uncertainty Principle Saves the World
Summary
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Quantum Mechanics: Schrodinger Equation
Schrodinger equation
Stationary State Schrodinger Equation
Step Potential
Scattering on Step
Tunneling
Potential Well
Infinite Potential Well
Zero-Point Energy
Double Barrier and Double Well (* optional video)
From Periodic Potential to Computing (* optional video)
Identical Particles
Bosons and Fermions
Summary
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Atoms
How did we know?
Kinetic Theory of Gas (* optional video)
Brownian Motion (* optional video)
Atomic Spectropy
Sub-Atomic Structure
Bohr's Semiclassical Model
Atom From Schrodinger (* optional video)
Atom States and Transitions
Periodic Table
Summary
II - 3
Quantum Information
Introduction
Stern-Gerlach Experiment
Understanding the Stern-Gerlach Experiment
Remarks about spin
Description of a Spin State
Quantum Bits (Qubits) of Information
Matrices
Spin States and Measurements
Probability to Find a Spin State
The EPR Paradox
The EPR State and Its Properties
More Comments about EPR
Bell Inequality
Quantum Violation of Bell Inequality
Summary
II - 4
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