Quantum Materials I

Education facts

Code: 1FA654

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.

Entry requirements

120 credits in science/engineering. 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.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Quantum Materials I

  Uppsala University

  Uppsala

  Start date: 18 January 2027

  End date: 21 March 2027

  Pace of study: 33 %