Dates Lectures/Exercises
Lectures |
Exercises |
Prof. Dr. Frank Cichos Monday: 11:15–12:45, GrHS Thursday: 11:15–12:45, GrHS |
Tuesday: 11:15–12:45, SR 532 (Markus Anton) Thursday: 09:15–10:45, SR 532 (Tobias Thalheim) |
Important Information
- The exercises will start in the week of October 17.
- The weekly assignments will be made available here on the website.
- The solutions to the exercise sheets have to be handed in on Thursdays before the lecture.
- If you cannot attend the lecture on Thursdays, you can put your solutions in the postbox “Molekulare Nanophotonik” in front of room 215 until Thursdays, 11:15am.
- Prerequisite for the admission to the examination are 50 % of the total points (sharp!).
- The module will end with a written examination of 180 min duration.
- There will be no lecture on Monday, November 21, 2022.
- The exam will take place on February 20, 2023, 09:00–12:00 in the Large Lecture Hall.
- You can use a self-written formula sheet of 1 page (front page, no back page) during the exam.
- The retake exam will take place on March 27, 2023, 09:00–12:00 in the Lecture Hall for Theoretical Physics, ThHS.
- You can find a list with the points for all exercise sheets and the admission to the exam in the internal area.
- The results of the exam were published in the internal area on March 10, 2023.
- The results of the exam were published in the internal area on March 30, 2023.
Literature
Part 1
- Demtröder: Electrodynamics and Optics, Springer, 2019 (amazon)
- Saleh/Teich: Fundamentals of Photonics, Wiley, 2007 (amazon)
- Jackson: Classical Electrodynamics, Wiley, 1998 (amazon)
- Hecht: Optics, Pearson, 2016 (amazon)
Part 2
- Demtröder: Atoms, Molecules and Photons, Springer, 2010 (amazon)
- Haken, Wolf: The Physics of Atoms and Quanta: Introduction to Experiments and Theory, Springer, 2005 (amazon)
- Harnwel, Livingood: Experimental Atomic Physics, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1933 (amazon)
Additional Material
- Visualizations of quantum mechanics (1D, 2D, 3D)
- Visualizations of the hydrogen atom
- Weak measurements: The following articles provide theoretical insights into quantum mechanical measurements, but use the bra–ket formalism, which is not discussed in the lecture: Jakobs und Steck, Brun and Tamir und Cohen
- Millikan: The Electron (book)
Lecture Contents
The link to the website of the lectures and lecture materials are available to logged in users here.
Exercise Sheets
Exercise Sheet 1 – Submission due: October 20, 2022, before the lecture starts
Exercise Sheet 2 – Submission due: October 27, 2022, before the lecture starts
Exercise Sheet 3 – Submission due: November 3, 2022, before the lecture starts
Exercise Sheet 4 – Submission due: November 10, 2022, before the lecture starts
Exercise Sheet 5 – Submission due: November 17, 2022, before the lecture starts
Exercise Sheet 6 – Submission due: November 24, 2022, before the lecture starts
Exercise Sheet 7 – Submission due: December 01, 2022, before the lecture starts
Exercise Sheet 8 – Submission due: December 08, 2022, before the lecture starts
Exercise Sheet 9 – Submission due: December 15, 2022, before the lecture starts
Exercise Sheet 10 – Submission due: January 5, 2023, before the lecture starts, tasks 10.2, 10.4. and 10.5 updated on December 19, 2022
Exercise Sheet 11 – Submission due: January 12, 2023, before the lecture starts
Test Exam – Submission due of tasks 4, 6, 7 and 11: January 19, 2023, before the lecture starts; the other tasks will not be graded.
Exercise Sheet 12 – Submission due: January 26, 2023, before the lecture starts