PHYS 4705 [0.5 credit] Introduction to Quantum Phenomena
Postulates of Quantum Mechanics, Quantum communication and cryptography, Entanglement, EPR paradox and Bell inequalities, Introduction to wave mechanics: Energy quantization and tunneling, Survey of quantum material: superconductor, topological insulators, semimetals. Survey of quantum sensing: NMR, trapped ions, superconducting qubit, atomic clocks.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as PHYS 5705, for which additional credit is precluded.
Lectures three hours per week.
Lectures three hours per week.