Quantum Physics and Applications (CSE stream) 1BPHYS102
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Module 1: Quantum Mechanics
de Broglie Hypothesis, Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle and its application (Broadneing of Spectral Lines), Principle of Complementarity, Wave Function, Time independent Schrödinger wave equation (Derivation), Physical significance of a wave function and Born Interpretation, Expectation value and its physical significance, Eigen functions and Eigen values, Particle inside one dimensional infinite potential well, Role of higher dimensions (Qualitative), Waveforms and Probabilities, Particle inside a finite potential well and quantum tunneling, Numerical Problems.
Module 2: Electrical Properties of Metals and Semiconductors
Failures of c lassical free electron theory, Mechanisms of electron scattering in solids, Matheissen’s rule, Assumptions of Quantum Free Electron Theory, Density of States, Fermi Dirac statistics, Fermi Energy, Variation of Fermi Factor With Temperature and Energy, Expression for carrier concentration in a conductor, Mention of expression for electrical conductivity, Success of quantum free electron theory of metals, Derivation of electron concentration in an intrinsic semiconductor, Expression for electron and hole concentration in extrinsic semiconductor (Qualitative), Fermi level for intrinsic(with derivation) and extrinsic semiconductor (no derivation), Hall effect, Numerical Problems.
Module 3: Superconductivity
Zero resistance state, Persistent current, Meissner effect, Critical temperature, Critical current (Silsbee Effect) – Derivation of expression of critical current for a cylindrical wire using ampere’s law, Critical field, Formation of Cooper pairs - Mediation of phonons, Two -fluid model, BCS Theory - Phase coherent state, Limitations of BCS theory, examples of systems with low and high electron-phonon coupling, Type-I and Type-II superconductors, Formation of Vortices, Explanation for upper critical field, Cooper pair tunneling (Andreev reflection), Josephson junction, Flux quantization, DC and AC SQUID (Qualitative), Numerical Problems.
Module 4: Photonics
Interaction of radiation with matter – Einstein’s A and B coefficients and derivation of expression for energy density, Prerequisites for lasing actions, Types of LASER, Semiconductor diode LASER, Use of attenua tors for single photon sources, Optical modulators – Pockel’s effect, Kerr effect, Photodetectors – Single Photon Avalanche Diode, Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector, Optical fiber, Derivation of Numerical aperture, V -number, Number of modes, losses in optical fiber, Mach -Zehnder interferometer, Numerical problems.
Module 5: Quantum Computing
Moore’s law - limitation of VLSI, Classical vs Quantum Computation, bit, Qubit and its properties, Bloch Sphere, Dirac notation, Brief discussion on types of qubit, Superconducting qubits, Harmonic oscillator (qualitative) – Need for anharmonicity, Charge qubit, Operators and Operations (matrix form), Quantum Gates – Pauli Gates, Phase gate (S, T), Hadamard Gate, Two qubit gates – CNOT gate, Entanglement, Bell States, Predicting the outputs of various combinations of single and two -qubit gates, Numerical Problems.
Textbooks & Resources
- Electrical Properties of Metals and Semiconductors:
- Failures of c lassical free electron theory, Mechanisms of electron scattering in solids, Matheissen’s rule,
- Assumptions of Quantum Free Electron Theory, Density of States, Fermi Dirac statistics, Fermi Energy,
- Variation of Fermi Factor With Temperature and Energy, Expression for carrier concentration in a con-
- ductor, Mention of expression for electrical conductivity, Success of quantum free electron theory of met-
- als, Derivation of electron concentration in an intrinsic semiconductor, Expression for electron and hole
- concentration in extrinsic semiconductor (Qualitative), Fermi level for intrinsic(with derivation) and ex-
- trinsic semiconductor (no derivation), Hall effect, Numerical Problems.
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