PHYS 5114 — Physics and Applications of Quantum Materials

4 semester hoursGraduateLectureNUpath NDusually offered: springtypical days: ThBostonTraditional

Introduces students to the quantum materials, the nature and origins of their unique behaviors, and how these systems can be used to enable new quantum technologies. Beginning with a description of the electronic structure of solids, describes how interactions between electrons and spins can manifest electrical and magnetic properties that cannot be explained with a classical description and how isolated defects in solids can be utilized for quantum technologies.

Prerequisites

one of:
- all of:
  - PHYS 2303 (min D-)
  - PHYS 3602 (min D-)
  - one of:
    - PHYS 2305 (min D-)
    - PHYS 4305 (min D-)
  - PHYS 4115 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
- graduate program admission

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Spring 2025	1	12	36	33%	24.0
Spring 2026	1	2	36	6%	34.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 0% · W 0% · Th 86% · F 0%

Common patterns: R (86% of sections), S (14% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Spring

Paul Stevenson (100% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

Official catalog (PHYS course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All PHYS courses · Plan it at numap.app