http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/ph424
Last update: 13 February 2012
Instructor: Janet Tate, WGR 485, 737-1700; tate_at_physics.oregonstate.edu
Office Hours: Wed, Fri 2-3 (304F or 485), or by appointment.
Teaching Associate: Dr. Mary-Bridget Kustusch, WGR 491, 737-6080; mary.bridget_at_physics.oregonstate.edu
Office Hours: M,Tu,Th 3-4
| Date | Topic | Reading | Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|
| M 2/6 | Introduction Basic vocabulary & concepts Traveling & standing waves Phase, group, and material velocity |
Main 9.1, 9.3 Griffiths EM 9.1.1, 9.1.2 notes |
HW 1 1-3 due Wed 2/8; 4-7 due Fri 2/10 |
| Tu 2/7 | Non dispersive wave equation Initial conditions, boundary conditions Dispersion relation Standing wave demo/lab Standing wave/dispersion worksheet Newton's law: Waves in a rope |
Main 9.0 GEM 9.1.1 Taylor 16.1-16.3 notes |
Standing Wave Data from class (Excel sheet) |
| W 2/8 | Reflection & Transmission Impedance Reflection and transmission |
Main 9.2 GEM 9.1.3 notes |
HW1-W due ; Solution HW1-W |
| Th 2/9 | Propagation of waves in a coaxial cable (LAB) Data acquisiton, class discussion & analysis |
Main 9.5, 10.3 GEM 9.2.1 Lab instructions |
Analysis assignment (plot data), due tomorrow in class |
| F 2/10 | Propagation & attenuation Analysis continuation Attenuation |
Main 9.2 GEM 9.1.3 notes |
HW 2 (W) = lab worksheet ,parts 1-4 due Wed 2/15, part 5 due Wed 2/22 & HW 2 (F) due Fri 2/17 HW1-F due; Solution HW1-F |
| M 2/13 | Energy Kinetic, potential energy density Total energy Energy density worksheet |
Main 9.4 notes |
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| Tu 2/14 | Fourier analysis Superposition & Fourier analysis Superposition and Fourier worksheet |
Group velocity Main 11.1-11.3; pp.217-220 PH 421 notes notes |
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| W 2/15 | Wave equation in quantum mechanics The wave function Position, momentum & energy operators |
McIntyre 5.1-5.3 notes |
HW2-W (lab) due (but not part 5); Solution HW2-W |
| Th 2/16 | Wave equation in quantum mechanics Probability density, expectation values, normalization The finite square well Eigenvalues, eigenfunctions of bound states of a finite well potential Infinite well as a limit of the finite well |
Review infinite square well: McIntyre 5.4, PH314 McIntyre 5.2-5.3 McIntyre 5.5-5.6 notes |
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| F 2/17 | Quantum states Superposition & measurement; square well examples |
McIntyre 5.1-5.6 notes |
HW 3 due Wed 2/22 & Fri 2/24 HW2-F due; Solution HW2-F |
| M 2/20 | Quantum states Superposition & measurement; square well examples |
McIntyre 5.1-5.6 notes |
Tu 2/21 | Schroedinger wave equation & time development SWE & Separation of variables Time development of arbitrary states Unbound states Free particle Wave packets and group velocity |
McIntyre 5.7 McIntyre 6.1-6.2 notes |
| W 2/22 | Heisenberg uncertainty principle Heisenberg uncertainty principle Dispersion of the wave packet |
McIntyre 6.3 notes |
HW3-W due; Solution HW3-W |
| Th 2/23 | Barriers, tunneling & scattering Reflection, transmission Tunneling |
McIntyre 6.4-6.5 notes |
HW2-W (lab) due (part 5 & 6) |
| F 2/24 | Barriers, tunneling & scattering (cont'd) The connection between classical and quantum waves |
McIntyre 6.4-6.5 notes |
HW3-F due; Solution HW3-F |
| Sun 2/26 | Review Session WGR 212 |
7pm. Special review; JT out of town previous Wed - Sat | |
| M 2/27 | Final Exam WGR 304 and 304F |
Review lab, notes, Main 9 & 10, McIntyre 5 & 6 | practice exam review sheet Exam 2012 solution |
