10 - 11 Sept: Introduction and interference experiments
Section outline
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- Introduction and general overview of class
- Phenomenological illustration of strange quantum behaviors through interference experiments: Double slit experiment, Mach-Zehnder interferometer, (and photon polarization experiments if time permits).
- Classical physics prediction versus experiment. Quantum prediction.
- A math recap of linear algebra done in Dirac's notation.
Reading: Chapter 1 in notes, paragraphs 1.1 - 1.3. Chapter 3 paragraph 3.1.
Feynman lectures vol III Chap 1, Articles above "Double slit experiment: old and new" and "Interference of C60 molecules"
Extra reading to go further: rest of chapter 1
This week class Wed 14h15 - 16h and Thursday 15h15 - 16h. Exercises Thursday 16h - 17h.
Instructor Nicolas Macris
