Quantum Physics I (M-I-T)

• L1.1 Quantum mechanics as a framework. Defining linearity. (M-I-T)
• L1.2 Linearity and nonlinear theories. Schrödinger’s equation. (M-I-T)
• L1.3 Necessity of complex numbers. (M-I-T)
• L1.4 Photons and the loss of determinism. (M-I-T)
• L1.5 The nature of superposition. Mach-Zehnder interferometer. (M-I-T)
• L2.1 More on superposition. General state of a photon and spin states. (M-I-T)
• L2.3 Mach-Zehnder interferometers and beam splitters. (M-I-T)
• L2.4 Interferometer and interference. (M-I-T)
• L2.5 Elitzur-Vaidman bombs. (M-I-T)
• L3.1 The photoelectric effect. (M-I-T)
• L3.2 Units of h and Compton wavelength of particles. (M-I-T)
• L3.3 Compton Scattering. (M-I-T)
• L3.4 de Broglie’s proposal. (M-I-T)
• L4.1 de Broglie wavelength in different frames. (M-I-T)
• L4.2 Galilean transformation of ordinary waves. (M-I-T)
• L4.3 The frequency of a matter wave. (M-I-T)
• L4.4 Group velocity and stationary phase approximation. (M-I-T)
• L4.5 Motion of a wave-packet. (M-I-T)
• L4.6 The wave for a free particle. (M-I-T)
• L5.1 Momentum operator, energy operator, and a differential equation. (M-I-T)
• L5.2 Free Schrödinger equation. (M-I-T)
• L5.3 The general Schrödinger equation. x, p commutator. (M-I-T)
• L5.4 Commutators, matrices, and 3-dimensional Schrödinger equation. (M-I-T)
• L5.5 Interpretation of the wavefunction. (M-I-T)
• L6.1 Normalizable wavefunctions and the question of time evolution. (M-I-T)