PHYS 344: Introduction to Quantum Science

By Erica Carlson

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

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PHYS 344 Lecture 01: How to Sit in 3 Chairs (Particle-Wave Duality and Superposition) View HTML
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PHYS 344 Lecture 02: Observers Disturb What They Measure View HTML
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PHYS 344 Lecture 02A: Crash Course on Complex Numbers View HTML
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PHYS 344 Lecture 03A: Waves and the Wavefunction View
PHYS 344 Lecture 03B: Observer Determines Reality? | Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle View
PHYS 344 Lecture 03C: Quantum Myths View
PHYS 344 Lecture 04A: Water Waves, Bullets, and Quantum Waves I View
PHYS 344 Lecture 04B: Water Waves, Bullets, and Quantum Waves II View
PHYS 344 Lecture 05: Interference in Two Slit Experiements View HTML
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Mathematica: Interference Light Waves Two Slit-v2.0.nb
PHET: Quantum Wave Interference Simuation
PHYS 344 Lecture 06: Hydrogen Atom View
PHYS 344 Lecture 07: Atomic Spectra and Starlight View
PHYS 344 Lecture 08: Periodic Table View on YouTube
PHYS 344 Lecture 09: Introducing the Shrodinger Equation View on YouTube
PHYS 344 Lecture 10: More About the Schrodinger Equation View on YouTube
PHYS 344 Lecture 11: Stationary States and Sloshing States View on YouTube
PHYS 344 Lecture 12: Finishing Sloshing States + Starting Midterm Review View on YouTube