EC ENGR 270
Applied Quantum Mechanics
Electrical and Computer Engineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Principles of quantum mechanics for applications in lasers, solid-state physics, and nonlinear optics. Topics include eigenfunction expansions, observables, Schrödinger equation, uncertainty principle, central force problems, Hilbert spaces, WKB approximation, matrix mechanics, density matrix formalism, and radiation theory.
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Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Preparation: modern physics (or course 123A), linear algebra, and ordinary differential equations courses.
BruinTree reads · Preparation
needs reviewconfidence 0.10 · from text- one of
- modern physics
- EC ENGR 123A
- linear algebra
- ordinary differential equations courses
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- · could not read "linear algebra" (no course number found)
- · could not read "ordinary differential equations courses" (no course number found)
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
EC ENGR 270
- EC ENGR 123AFundamentals of Solid-State I
- EC ENGR 2Physics for Electrical Engineers
- PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativityanother path to it
- PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
EC ENGR 270
- EC ENGR 223Solid-State Electronics I
- EC ENGR 224Solid-State Electronics II
- EC ENGR 225Physics of Semiconductor Nanostructures and Devices
- EC ENGR 229Seminar: Advanced Topics in Solid-State Electronics
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 5 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.