Quantum Physics for Beginners

Zbigniew Ficek is professor of quantum optics and quantum information at the National Centre for Applied Physics, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia. He received his PhD from Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland, in 1985. He is particularly well known for his contributions to the fields of multi-atom effects, spectroscopy with squeezed light, quantum interference, multichromatic spectroscopy, and entanglement.

Radiation (Light) Is a Wave. Difficulties of the Wave Theory of Radiation. Black-Body Radiation. Planck’s Quantum Hypothesis: The Birth of the Quantum Theory. The Bohr Model. Duality of Light and Matter. Non-relativistic Schrodinger Equation. Applications of the Schrodinger Equation. Multidimensional Quantum Wells. Linear Operators and Their Algebra. Dirac Bra-Ket Notation. Matrix Representations. Spin Operators and Pauli Matrixes. Quantum Dynamics and Pictures. Quantum Harmonic Oscillator. Quantum Theory of Hydrogen Atom. Quantum Theory of Two-Coupled Particles. Time-Independent Perturbation Theory. Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory. Relativistic Schrodinger equation. Systems of Identical Particles.