Quantum Tunneling Courses and Certifications

Professor Dave Explains

The Quantum Barrier Potential - Quantum Tunneling

Explore how an electron can cross a finite potential barrier even when its energy is lower, using the mathematics of quantum tunneling.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

For the Love of Physics

Quantum Tunneling: Principles and Applications

Explore quantum tunneling, a counterintuitive phenomenon where particles pass through seemingly impenetrable barriers. Learn its derivation and applications in nuclear fusion, semiconductors, and radioactive decay.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Professor Dave Explains

The Quantum Barrier Potential Part 2 - Defining the Transmission and Reflection Coefficients

Derives transmission and reflection coefficients for a finite quantum barrier to explain quantum tunneling.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Dot Physics

Quantum Tunneling: Modeling with NumPy and Python

Model quantum tunneling using Numpy and finite difference method. Learn theory, create potential, wave functions, and Hamiltonian matrices. Visualize results with Python animations.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Quantum Mechanics: A First Course

Solve the Schrödinger equation for one-dimensional potentials: wavefunctions and probability, square wells and harmonic oscillators, barrier penetration, scattering phase shifts, resonances, and angular momentum.

• MITx Online
• 17 weeks, 10-15 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

The Royal Institution

Quantum Life - How Physics Can Revolutionise Biology

Exploring quantum theory's potential impact on biological processes, from protein folding to bird navigation. Uncovers how the subatomic world might influence life at the cellular level.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

For the Love of Physics

Solving Complex Quantum Mechanics Problems with ChatGPT and Python

Explore how ChatGPT tackles complex quantum mechanics problems through Python simulations, from basic potential wells to advanced concepts like wave packet tunneling and the hydrogen atom.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

For the Love of Physics

Step Potential: Reflection and Transmission Probability Derivation - Part I (E > V)

Explore quantum particle behavior at potential steps, deriving reflection and transmission probabilities. Gain insights into wave-like properties and partial reflection phenomena.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CoA Physics

Physics 4C - QM Freeform Timed Assessment Demo - Particle in a Square Well, Finite Well Version

Explore quantum mechanics through a timed assessment demo focusing on particles in finite square wells, with practical problem-solving techniques.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

For the Love of Physics

Finite Potential Well in Quantum Mechanics - Solutions and Energy States

Delve into quantum physics fundamentals through a detailed exploration of finite potential wells, Schrödinger equations, and bound state solutions with graphical and numerical analyses.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CoA Physics

Step Potentials in Quantum Mechanics - Lecture 23

Dive into step potentials in quantum physics through detailed examples, PhET simulations, and SageMath calculations for tunneling phenomena.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Applications of Quantum Mechanics

15 ratings

This course focuses on essential techniques needed for practical applications and research in Quantum Mechanics. We introduce a variety of approximation methods to understand systems that have no analytic solutions.

• edX
• 19 weeks, 12-16 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Free Online Course

Quantum Mechanics: 1D Scattering and Central Potentials

11 ratings

Learn about scattering in one dimensional potentials, angular momentum, central potentials, and the hydrogen atom.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 12-14 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Free Online Course

Quantum Mechanics: A First Course

2 ratings

Learn about wavefunctions and their probabilistic interpretation, how to solve the Schrödinger equation for a particle moving in one-dimensional potentials, scattering, central potentials, and the hydrogen atom.

• edX
• 18 weeks, 10-15 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Free Online Course