Physics 3220: Quantum Mechanics I

Instructor: John Price

The superconducting Josephson junction shown above is a quantum bit or qubit for a prototype quantum comptuer. If successful quantum computers could be built they might have tremendous computational power, because quantum mechanics allows for operations on superposition states that simultaneously represent many numbers. Learn more about this qubit here, and check out qubits made from trapped ions and solid state spins.

Weeks 7-8 Highlights:

We are discussing the postulates of quantum mechanics and operator methods. This will prepare us for the last section of the semester on angular momentum.

Reading:

Chapter 4 of Rae.

Home page from weeks 1-2, 3-4, 5-6

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