Riassunto:
Based on a California Institute of Technology course, this outstanding introduction to formal quantum mechanics is geared toward advanced undergraduates in applied physics. The text addresses not only the basic formalism and related phenomena but also takes students a step further to a consideration of generic and important applications.
The treatment's exploration of a wide range of topics culminates in two eminently practical subjects, the semiconductor transistor and the laser. Subjects include operators, Eigenvalue problems, the harmonic oscillator, angular momentum, matrix formulation of quantum mechanics, perturbation theory, the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with atomic systems, and absorption and dispersion of radiation in atomic media. Additional topics include laser oscillation, quantum statistics, applications of the statistical distribution laws, the interaction of electrons and nuclei with magnetic fields, and charge transport in semiconductors. Each chapter concludes with a set of problems.
Contenuti:
1. Why Quantum Mechanics? 2. Operators 3. The basic Postulates of Quantum Mechanics 4. One-Dimensional Energy Eigenvalue Problems 5. The Harmonic Oscillator 6. The Quantum Mechanics of Angular Momentum 7. Particles in Spherical Symmetric Potential Fields and the Hydrogen Atom 8. Systems of Identical Particles 9. Matrix Formulation of Quantum Mechanics 10. The Time-Dependent Schrodinger Equation 11. Perturbation Theory 12. The Interaction of Electromagnetic Radiation with Atomic Systems 13. Absorption and Dispersion of radiation in Atomic Media 14. Laser Oscillation 15. Quantum Statistics 16. Some Specific Applications of the Statistical Distribution Laws 17. The Band Theory of Electrons in Crystals 18. The Interaction of Electron and Nuclei with Magnetic Fields., Magnetic Resonance. The Maser 19. Charge Transport in Semiconductors 20. the p-n Semiconductor Junction. The p-n-p Junction Transistor 21. The Semiconductor Injection Laser Problems Bibliography Index
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