The tutorials leads to an applied homework on the laser. Fourier transform An introduction to Fourier transforms and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Students use Fourier transforms to describe localized particles and develop the concepts of the uncertainty principle. The tutorial uses two specially written spreadsheet analysis tools, written in Microsoft Excel. A tutorial on mostly classical potential energy diagrams.
Students describe potential energy diagrams and contrast classical and quantum phenomena.
MBL software from Vernier and a modified MBL setup are required for the computer version of the tutorial. Students build on their understanding of potential energy diagrams to discuss how energy levels affect the curvature of the wave function. Eigenvalues A tutorial on allowable energy levels in a potential well. Students use numerical solutions for the wave function at different energy levels to show that only certain energy levels have physically meaningful results. This tutorial is available in a non-computer version and a version that uses a tunneling program that is part of the Visual Quantum Mechanics project.