WEEK
DATE
SMU EVENTS/HOLIDAYS
READING, HOMEWORK, AND LAB EXPERIMENTS
CLASS TOPIC AND OVERHEADS
Week 1
24-Aug
Aug. 27: Last day to enroll, add, or drop without grade change or tuition billing
Read Book Chap.1
nanotechnology paper
Information Representation and Transformation is Physical
Week 2
31-Aug
Sep. 03: Last day to drop with no record.
Physics Review and the Notion of Quanta
Waves and Wave Functions
Monday, Sep. 6 is University Holiday
Homework 1 Assignment
Week 3
07-Sep
Sep. 08: Last day to request excused absence for observance of a religious holiday
Quantum Physics Video (25:33)
Matter waves, Hamiltonians (6:27)
Homework 1 Due at BEGINNING of CLASS
Read Book Chaps. 2 and 4
Interference and the Double Slit Experiement
Week 4
14-Sep
Homework 2 Assignment
Week 5
21-Sep
arXiv paper: Quantum Mechanics Postulates
Schrodinger Equation Video (9:26)
Read Book Chap. 3
Matrix Operations and Dirac Notation
Week 6
28-Sep
Homework 2 Due at BEGINNING of CLASS
Hamiltonians and the Schrodinger Equation
Week 7
05-Oct
Homework 3 Due at BEGINNING of CLASS
Week 8
12-Oct
NO CLASS
Oct. 11-12 is Fall Break
Qubits and Observables Intro:
Deutsch video 1/4:
Deutsch video 2/4:
Deutsch video 3/4:
Deutsch video 4/4:
Read Book Chap. 5
Week 9
19-Oct
Qubit Mathematical Model
Week 10
26-Oct
EXAM 1
Week 11
02-Nov
Angular Motion Review
EXAM 1 SOLUTION
The Stern-Gerlach Experiments
Measurements and Observables
Nov. 05: Last day to drop a course with "W"
Week 12
09-Nov
Homework 4 Assignment
Review of Probability and Statistics
Nov. 11: Last day for Dec. graduates to resolve grades of "I" - incomplete
Week 13
16-Nov
Read Book Chap. 6
Classical Information Theory
Week 14
23-Nov
Nov. 23: Last day to withdraw from the University
Homework 4 Due at BEGINNING of CLASS
Quantum Information
VIDEO: part 1 -Quantum Information
VIDEO: part 2 -Quantum Information
VIDEO: part 3 -Quantum Information
Nov. 24: No Classes (Wed.)
Nov. 25-26: University Holiday
Week 15
30-Nov
Homework 5 (IBM quantum computer exercise Jupyter notebook)
OPEN BOOK EXAM 2 ASSIGNED - WILL DISCUSS IN CLASS
Random Number Generators
Reversibility and Quantum Logic Operators
Dec. 01-06 Dec: No final exams or unscheduled tests and papers
Superconductig Solid-state Qubit Technology
Week 16
07-Dec
Dec. 07-08: Reading Days
Homework 5 Due at BEGINNING at 6:30PM via email
Open book EXAM 2 Due at BEGINNING at 6:30PM via email
FINAL EXAM DUE 09:20PM
