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Location:
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SS 105 |
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Date:
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Monday, Aug.1 |
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Time:
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9:00 AM -9:10 AM
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Author:
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Enrique Galvez, Colgate University
(315)228-7205, egalvez@colgate.edu
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Co-Author(s):
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None
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Abstract:
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I report on an undergraduate course on quantum mechanics with a lab component. The lab consists of five experiments with correlated photons for students to learn applications of quantum mechanics. Optical components are represented by matrix operators. Hilbert spaces can be momentum modes (propagation along x or y directions), polarization modes (horizontal or vertical), or combinations of these for one or two photons, forming two or four-dimensional spaces. The experiments explore basic quantum mechanical operations such as basis projection, basis rotation, superposition and measurement. Experiments also touch modern themes such as the concepts of qubits and entanglement. We use two optical layouts, each set up on a 2' x 5' optical breadboard.
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Footnotes:
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