511 Solid State Physics

Spring Semester 2006, Tuesday and Thursday: 9:30 - 10:50 a.m. Room: physics 43

lecturer: Ruslan Prozorov, office: Zaffarano A119, office phone: 294-9901, prozorov@ameslab.gov

grader:  Ms. Zhuo Ye, zye@iastate.edu. e-mail submission of the homework (PDF, MS Word, GIF, JPEG or PS formats) is encouraged. Remember put your name.

prerequisites: 304 Thermal Physics and 322 Introduction to Modern Physics II

office hours: After lectures, 11AM-12PM

Texts:
Base text:
N. W. Ashcroft and N. D. Mermin, Solid State Physics, (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.Y. 1976).
Additional:
Ch. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, 7th Edition, (John Wiley and Sons, NY, 1996)
A. A. Abrikosov, Theory of metals, Elsevier, 1988

Grading: Based on homework (40%), midterm exam (20%), and final exam (40%).

Homework: distributed each Tuesday, due week after

 Syllabus

Week
Date
Lectures/Exams
Homework
Solutions
1
Tu. 
Jan. 10
Lecture 1: Introduction, Crystal Structure
periodicity of crystals, principal Bravais lattices, Wigner-Seitz cell

HW1

due 1/24
Th. 
Jan. 12
Lecture 2: Reciprocal lattice
 reciprocal lattice, Brillouin zone,
Miller indices of lattice planes
2
Tu. 
Jan. 17
Lecture 3: Crystal Structure
X-ray diffraction 

HW2

due 1/31

Th. 
Jan. 19
Lecture 4: Classification of solids  
 ionic,  covalent and metallic bonding, van der Waals and Hydrogen bonds 
3
Tu. 
Jan. 24

Lecture 5: Classification of solids-II
Cohesion energy (12-6 potential, Madelung constant)

HW3

due 2/7

 
Th. 
Jan .26
Lecture 6:Lattice Vibrations
phonons, dispersion relations
4
Tu. 
Jan. 31
Lecture 7: Lattice Vibrations
quantum statistics of lattice vibrations

HW4

due 2/14

Th. 
Feb. 02
Lecture 8: Lattice Vibrations
thermal properties, measuring phonons, anharmonicity
5
Tu. 
Feb. 07
Lecture 9: Electrons in a Solid
  Drude theory. Classical Hall effect. High frequency response.

HW5
due 2/21

Th. 
Feb. 09
Lecture 10: Electrons in a Solid
Kinetic equation , thermopower and heat conductance
6
Tu. 
Feb. 14
Lecture 11: Electrons in a Solid
quantum statistics of free electrons, specific heat
HW6
due 2/28
Th. 
Feb. 16
Lecture 12: Electrons in a Solid
magnetic susceptibility, resistivity at different temperatures
7
Tu. 
Feb. 21
Lecture 13: Electrons in a Solid
Nearly free electrons, periodic potential, Bloch theorem
HW7
due 3/21
Th. 
Feb. 23
Lecture 14: Electrons in a Solid
 Band structure: weak potential and tight binding model 
8
Tu. 
Feb. 28
Lecture 15:  Review 
summary of topics up to Lecture 14
 
Th. 
Mar. 02
Midterm Exam
9
Tu. 
Mar. 07
  Lecture 16: Discussion of the midterm exam
 
   
Th. 
Mar. 09
Lecture 17: Semiclassical transport
Wavepackets, equations of motion
10
Mo.-Fr.
Mar. 13-17

SPRING BREAK
11
Tu. 
Mar. 21
Lecture 18: Semiclassical transport-II
Motion in electric and magnetic fields. Landau levels.
HW8
due 3/28 
Th. 
Mar. 23
Lecture 19: Semiclassical theory of conduction in metals
DC and AC conductivity; thermal conductivity; thermoelectric effects
12
Tu. 
Mar. 28
Lecture 20: Defects in crystals. Amorphous metals.
thermodynamics and transport; polarons and excitons
HW9
due 4/04 
Th. 
Mar. 30
Lecture 21:  Selected experimental techniques
electromagnetic measurements
13
Tu. 
Apr. 04
Lecture 22: Selected experimental techniques
electron microscopy; force microscopy; optical microscopy
 HW10
due 4/11
Th. 
Apr. 06
Lecture 23: Selected experimental techniques 
Magnetic resonance (NMR, EPR, FMR etc)
14
Tu. 
Apr. 11
Lecture 24: Selected experimental techniques
Optical spectroscopy; thermal techniques
HW11
due 4/18 
Th. 
Apr. 13
Lecture 25: Semiconductors
band structure, carrier statistics, impurity band conduction
15
Tu. 
Apr. 18
Lecture 26: Semiconductors
physics of the p-n junction
 HW12
due 4/28
Th. 
Apr. 20
Lecture 27: Quantum Hall Effect
free electrons in a large magnetic field, resistance quantization
16
Tu. 
Apr. 25
Lecture 28: Insulators
Dielectric properties; optical propertiers; pyroelectricity and ferroelectricity
 FINAL
EXAM
with solutions
Th. 
Apr. 27
Lecture 29:  GENERAL REVIEW
  

FINAL EXAM: Wednesday, May 3, 2006 Time: 9:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. (see http://www.iastate.edu/~registrar/exams/)

The class is over. We will continue in the Fall with Phys 512 (Magnetism and Superconductivity)