WEEK |
DATE |
SMU EVENTS/HOLIDAYS |
READING, HOMEWORK, AND LAB EXPERIMENTS |
CLASS TOPIC AND OVERHEADS |
Week 2 |
20-Jan |
University Holiday
NO CLASS
24-Jan: Last day to enroll, add, or drop without grade change or tuition billing
24-Jan: Last day to file for May graduation |
University Holiday
NO CLASS |
University Holiday
NO CLASS |
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University Holiday
NO CLASS |
University Holiday
NO CLASS |
University Holiday
NO CLASS |
Week 3 |
27-Jan |
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nanotechnology paper |
Class Introduction
Information Representation and Transformation is Physical |
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31 Jan: Last day to drop with no record. |
Homework 1 Assignment |
Physics Review and the Notion of Quanta
Waves and Wave Functions |
Week 4 |
03-Feb |
04 Feb: Last day to request excused absence for observance of a religious holiday
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Quantum Physics Video (25:33)
Matter waves, Hamiltonians (6:27)
Homework 1 Due at BEGINNING of CLASS
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Waves and Wave Functions
Interference and the Double Slit Experiement |
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Topics in Linear Algebra |
Week 5 |
10-Feb |
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Topics in Linear Algebra |
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Homework 2 Assignment
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Topics in Linear Algebra |
Week 6 |
17-Feb |
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arXiv paper: Quantum Mechanics Postulates
Schrodinger Equation Video (9:26)
Homework 3 Assignment
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Matrix Operations and Dirac Notation
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Matrix Operations and Dirac Notation
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Week 7 |
24-Feb |
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Homework 2 Due at BEGINNING of CLASS
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Hamiltonians and the Schrodinger Equation
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Qubit Mathematical Model |
Week 8 |
02-Mar |
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Homework 3 Due at BEGINNING of CLASS |
Qubit Mathematical Model
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EXAM 1 REVIEW |
Week 9 |
09-Mar |
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EXAM 1 |
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Qubits and Observables Intro:
Deutsch video 1/4:
Deutsch video 2/4:
Deutsch video 3/4:
Deutsch video 4/4: |
Week 10 |
16-Mar |
Holiday - Spring Break
NO CLASS |
NO CLASS
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NO CLASS
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Holiday - Spring Break
NO CLASS |
NO CLASS |
NO CLASS |
Week 11 |
23-Mar |
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EXAM 1 SOLUTION (video)
Qubit Mathematical Model (video)
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Qubit Mathematical Model (video) |
Week 12 |
30-Mar |
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Angular Motion Review |
(video)
The Stern-Gerlach Experiments |
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Homework 4 Assignment |
Measurements and Observables |
Week 13 |
06-Apr |
07 Apr: Last day to drop a course with "W"
10 Apr: University offices closed (Good Friday) |
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(video)
Measurements and Observables |
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13 Apr: Last day for May graduates to resolve grades of "I" - incomplete |
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Review of Probability and Statistics
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Week 14 |
13-Apr |
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Homework 4 Due at BEGINNING of CLASS
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(video)
Review of Probability and Statistics
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Classical Information Theory |
Week 15 |
20-Apr |
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Homework 5 (Final Project Proposal, due by beginning of class, 6:30PM on Monday, April 27, 2020) includes Final Exam Project Information |
(video)
Quantum Information
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22 Apr: Students should file for Aug/Dec Graduation
24 Apr: Last day to withdraw from university |
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Quantum Information
EXAM 2 REVIEW |
Week 16 |
27-Apr |
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Homework 5 Due at BEGINNING of CLASS
Exam 2 (due Tuesday, April 28 at 6:30PM, submit via email to mitch@smu.edu)
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(video)
EXAM 2 |
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No final exams or unscheduled tests and papers (4/29 - 5/04) |
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Quantum Communications |
Week 17 |
04-May |
Last day of instruction
05 May: Reading Day |
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(video)
Random Number Generators
Reversibility and Quantum Logic Operators |
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Superconducting Solid-state Qubit Technology |
| FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE |
Monday,
May 11
(06:30PM-9:20PM) |
FINAL EXAM DUE 09:20PM
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FINAL EXAM DUE 09:20PM
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FINAL EXAM DUE 09:20PM |
