AIPLAB — Adaptive & Integrated Photonics Lab

Education - PHOT 504 Quantum Photonics I

PHOT 504 Quantum Photonics I

Course given during the fall & spring semester since 2025-2026 over 14 weeks (3 hours theory), please see also the syllabus. The course materials will be added during the semester.

Study materials and guidance

  • Course syllabus (pdf)
  • David Miller's webpage containing links to his course materials. His textbook on Quantum Mechanics is a great alternative to the textbook of Griffiths that we are following in this course.
  • QuVis: Web site with quantum mechanics visualizations and simulations for educational purposes.
  • QuTiP: A computational library for quantum mechanics/optics simulations in Python.
  • Applet(s) by Paul Falstad with simulations for 1D quantum mechanical systems.

Exam questions & solutions

These are questions and solutions of example exams and/or previous midterm and final exams (and retake opportunities)
Year Exam name Questions Solutions
2025-2026, Fall Quiz 1 (pdf) (pdf)
2025-2026, Fall Quiz 2 (pdf) (pdf)
2025-2026, Fall Final exam (pdf) (pdf)

Further background materials

These are some further materials which could be of interest for those who want to look into more advanced topics or applications/computations/simulations.