Reference Materials

Links to external websites

Some relevant wikipedia pages and other internet sites are listed below for convenient reference.  Caution: I have not read all of these pages, or verified that the material is either correct or follows the same sign conventions as used in class.  You will need to judge for yourself if the material conforms to OPTI 511R topics and terminology, or if it these web pages are even useful to you.

Link to MIT Laser Demonstration videos

– Wave particle duality, milestones in QM development:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave-particle_duality

Wave packets, scattering, reflection, and tunneling at potential barriers (Colorado PhET)

Double slit

– REAL double slit experiment movie from Hitachi: http://rdg.ext.hitachi.co.jp/rd/moviee/doubleslite.mpeg

-APPS WITH HYDROGEN ATOM WAVEFUNCTIONS, SHO (Also used in class for infinite square well)

Review article on laser: Lasers_Demtroder