Summary

The course Modern Physics for students of Software Engineering introduces contemporary Physics is a way that fits their discipline. The core topics will provide the students the basic knowledge of Quantum Mechanics with focus of discrete systems, including qubit systems for quantum computation. Additionally the course included chapters in Classical Mechanics that are required for the understanding of simple circuits. The covered topics are: two slit experiment; mass and momentum; particle in one dimension (Hamiltonian, energy); Osccillators and waves; Quantization of energy; Electric field; Gauss law; Potential and capacitance; RC circuit; Diodes and transistors; Stochastic dynamics (drift and diffusion); Linear algebra (translations, momentum, rotations, spin); Polarization of electrons and photons; Quantum encryption; Realism and determinism (Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bell); Quantum states (postulates, expectation values, evolution). Quantum dynamics in discrete systems; Quantum computation; Quantum measurement and Schrodinger cat.

References:
[1] Main source: lecture notes (in preparation)
[2] Feynman Lectures Volume II.
[3] Feynman Lectures Volume III.
[4] D. Halliday, R. Resnick, K.S. Krane, Fundamentals of Physics
[5] http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0605180
[6] L.E.Ballentine, Quantum Mechanics (library code: QC 174.12.B35).
[7] M.A. Nielsen and I.L.Chuang, Quantum Computation (library code: QA 76.889.N54)