Quantum Physics and Engineering

Class Overview

This course provides an introduction to quantum physics and engineering for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Topics include historical developments, quantum postulates, Schrodinger equation, quantum states and observables, measurement in quantum mechanics, quantum confined states in potential wells and atoms, quantum tunneling, uncertainty relations, Dirac notation, angular momentum and spin, quantum dynamics, time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theories, quantum two-level systems, quantum information and the qubit, quantum computation and quantum circuits, identical particles, quantum statistics for fermions and bosons, fundamentals of quantum statistical physics, quantization of light and the photon, quantization of simple mechanical and electrical superconducting circuits.

Prerequisites: PHYS 2214, MATH 2930, or permission of instructor.
Key Topics: Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, Quantum Materials