Quantum Mechanics for Engineers

Catalog description

This course will give students comprehensive understanding of the foundations of quantum mechanics. The course will also provide practical solution techniques which can be applied to a variety of nanoscale problems. Topics include: Waves and Schrodinger's equation; Time-dependent Schrodinger equation; Operator approach to quantum mechanics; Dirac Notation; Solution approaches and approximation methods; Time-dependent perturbation theory with applications to absorption and Fermi's golden rule; Angular momentum and the Hydrogen Atom; If time allows: Spin; Identical Particles.