Quantum Materials I
Course, Master's level, 1FA654
Spring 2024 Spring 2024, Uppsala, 33%, On-campus, English
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 33%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 15 January 2024–17 March 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
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120 credits in science/technology. Participation in Chemical Binding in Molecules and Materials and Introduction to Materials Science. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
- Selection
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All qualified applicants will be admitted.
- Fees
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If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- Application fee: SEK 900
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 12,083
- Total tuition fee: SEK 12,083
- Application deadline
- 16 October 2023
- Application code
- UU-63090
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 14 December 2023–14 January 2024
- Information on registration.
Spring 2024 Spring 2024, Uppsala, 33%, On-campus, English For exchange students
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 33%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 15 January 2024–17 March 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
120 credits in science/technology. Participation in Chemical Binding in Molecules and Materials and Introduction to Materials Science. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 14 December 2023–14 January 2024
- Information on registration.
About the course
Quantum mechanics based on the Dirac formalism with bra and ket vectors, operators and observables. The harmonic oscillator with creation and annihilation operators. Quantum mechanical tunnelling. Quantum entangled states and quantum optics: Laboratory exercise with "quantum eraser" and its connection to Dirac formalism. Quantum mechanical formulation of Bloch functions in a periodic crystal. Reciprocal space: reciprocal space and the Brillouin zones, phonons and thermal properties of solids. Electrons: the free electron Fermi gas, energy bands. Classification of materials: metals, semiconductors, insulators.
Contact
- Study counselling
- studievagledare@physics.uu.se
- +46 18 471 35 21