Credits: 3
Semesters Offered
Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024Learning Objectives
- Students will become acquainted with principles of quantum mechanics
- They will learn how to solve problems in quantum mechanics
- They will learn how modern optoelectronic devices work
Topics Covered
- Wave phenomena and wave-particle duality
- Photons and quantum states- entanglement, paradoxes, quantum cryptography
- Schrodinger’s equation in 1-dimension: bound states, tunneling, scattering problems
- Applications to optoelectronic devices
- Josephson's junction