Teaching

Courses taught at the University of Wolverhampton

2020/21

• Quantum mechanics (4AP003, Lectures & Tutorials; Module leader):
  • Lectures:
    • Lectures 1 & 2: Random Variables
    • Lecture 3: Discrete probability distributions
    • Lecture 4: Correlations
    • Lecture 5: Continuous random variables - Normal distribution
    • Lecture 6: Schrödinger's equation
    • Lecture 7: Momentum operator in quantum mechanics
    • Lecture 8: Time independent Schrödinger equation & Particle in a box
    • Lecture 9: Vector spaces and linear algebra
    • Lecture 10: The quantum harmonic oscillator

• Solid State Physics (5AP002, Lectures & Tutorials; Module leader):
  • Lectures:
    • Lecture 1: Introduction to lattices
    • Lecture 2: Bravais lattices
    • Lecture 3: Reciprocal lattices
    • Lecture 4: Bragg law and diffraction condition
    • Lecture 5: Van der Waals and Lennard-Jones potentials
    • Lecture 6: Coupled harmonic oscillators
    • Lecture 7: Introduction to phonons
    • Lecture 8: More about phonons
    • Lecture 9: Density of states
    • Lecture 10: Obtaining the density of states
    • Lecture 11: Debye model
    • Lecture 12: Einstein model and electron gas
    • Lecture 13: Free electron gas in 3D
    • Lecture 14: Contribution of electrons to the heat capacity and electric conductivity
    • Lecture 15: The Hall effect and the origin of the energy gap
    • Lecture 16: Energy gap and Kronig-Penney model
    • Lecture 17: The central equation
    • Lecture 18: Energy gap at the boundary of the Brillouin zone
    • Lecture 19: Semiconductors
    • Lecture 20: Electrons and holes in semiconductors
    • Lecture 21: Intrinsic carrier concentration
    • Lecture 22: Doped semiconductors
  • Experiments:
    • Bragg diffraction
    • Franck–Hertz experiment
    • Photoelectric effect
    • The Hall effect

• Research I (6AP003, Lectures & Tutorials):
  • Seminars:
    • Seminar 13: The two-level system
    • Seminar 14: Application of Heisenberg equation
    • Seminar 15: The density matrix
    • Seminar 16: Dissipation
    • Seminar 17: Decay and incoherent driving
    • Seminar 18: Quantum trajectories
    • Seminar 19: Quantum jumps
    • Seminar 20: Spontaneous emission
    • Seminar 21: Quantum Monte Carlo

2019/20

• Quantum Mechanics (4AP003, Lectures; Module leader): This module was taking place when COVID-19 broke out in Europe and we had to turned it into an online course. The recordings of the lectures are on the links below.
  • Lecture 10: Solutions to the harmonic oscillator
  • Lecture 11: Free particle
  • Lecture 12: Reciprocal space
  • Lecture 13: Uncertainty principle
  • Lecture 14: Bound state of the $\delta$-potential
  • Lecture 15: Scattering states of the $\delta$-potential
  • Lecture 16: Bound states of the finite square well potential
  • Lecture 17: The Hilbert space
  • Lecture 18: Operators in the Hilbert space
  • Lecture 19: Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
  • Lecture 20: Bosons: ladder operators and coherent states
  • Lecture 21: Fermions: the two-level system and Pauli matrices
  • Lecture 22: Rabi oscillations

• Electromagnetism I (4AP004, Tutorials)
• Solid State Physics (5AP002, Lectures & Tutorials; Module leader)
• Electromagnetism II (5AP001, Tutorials)

2018/19

• Quantum Mechanics (4AP003, Tutorials)
• Electromagnetism I (4AP004, Lectures & Tutorials; Module leader)
• Optics (4AP001, Tutorials)
• Solid State Physics (5AP002, Lectures & Tutorials; Module leader)
• Electromagnetism II (5AP001, Tutorials)
• Thermodynamics & Statistical Physics (5AP004, Tutorials)
• Quantum Physics (5AP005, Tutorials)
• Mathematical Methods (5AP004, Tutorials)