Spring Semester 2007, 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: Helen Fretwell, fretwell@iastate.edu
prerequisites: 304 Thermal Physics and 322 Introduction to Modern Physics II
office hours: After lectures, 11AM-12PM
Texts:
N. W. Ashcroft and N. D. Mermin, "Solid State Physics", (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1976), ISBN: 0-030-83993-9.
Ch. Kittel, "Introduction to Solid State Physics", 8th Edition, (John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2004), ISBN 0-471-41526-X
A. A. Abrikosov, "Fundamentals of the Theory of Metals", (Elsevier Science Pub Co., 1988), ISBN: 0-444-87095-4.
Grading: Based on homework (40%), midterm exam (20%), and final exam (40%).
Homework: distributed each Tuesday, due week after
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Jan. 9 |
1 |
Introduction. General discussion of crystals.
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Jan. 11 |
2 |
Fundamental types of lattices Point group symmetry; Bravais lattices in 2 and 3D; Miller indices of lattice planes |
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Jan. 16 |
3 |
Reciprocal lattice Reciprocal lattice, Brillouin zone |
due 1/23 |
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Jan. 18 |
4 |
Crystal Structure X-ray diffraction |
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Jan. 23 |
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Classification of solids ionic, covalent and metallic bonding, van der Waals and Hydrogen bonds |
due 1/30 |
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Jan .25 |
6 |
Classification of solids-II |
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Jan. 30 |
7 |
Lattice Vibrations phonons, dispersion relation, group velocity, relation to Brillouin zone |
due 2/06 |
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Feb. 01 |
8 |
Lattice Vibrations quantum statistics of lattice vibrations, density of states |
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Feb. 06 |
9 |
Lattice Vibrations Acoustic and optical phonons. Debay and Einstein models |
HW4 |
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Feb. 08 |
10 |
Phonons Specific heat, thermal conductivity of insulators |
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Feb. 13 |
11 |
Electrons in a Solid Drude theory. Ohm's law. Equation ofmotion with damping under influence of uniform force. |
HW5 due 2/20 |
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Feb. 15 |
12 |
Electrons in a Solid Classical Hall effect. High frequency response. Plasma frequency. |
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Feb. 20 |
13 |
Electrons in a Solid magnetic susceptibility, resistivity at different temperatures thermopower and heat conductance;quantum statistics of free electrons, specific heat |
HW6 due 2/27 |
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Feb. 22 |
14 |
Electrons in a Solid Nearly free electrons, periodic potential, Bloch theorem |
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Feb. 27 |
15 |
Electrons in a Solid Band structure: weak potential and tight binding model |
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Mar. 01 |
16 |
Review summary of topics up to Lecture 15 |
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Mar. 06 |
I am away for the APS March meeting. |
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Mar. 08 |
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Mar. 13-17 |
SPRING BREAK |
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Mar. 20 |
17 |
Discussion of the midterm exam |
due 3/27 |
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Mar. 22 |
18 |
Semiclassical transport Wavepackets, equations of motion; Motion in electric and magnetic fields. | |||
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Mar. 27 |
19 |
Semiclassical theory of conduction in metals DC and AC conductivity; Landau levels; Shubnikov-de Hass and de Haas van Alphen effects |
due 4/03 |
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Mar. 29 |
20 |
Semiclassical theory of conduction in metals thermal conductivity; thermoelectric effects | |||
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Apr. 03 |
21 |
Selected experimental techniques |
due 4/10 |
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Apr. 05 |
22 |
Selected experimental techniques Magnetic resonance (NMR, EPR, FMR etc). Optical spectroscopy. | |||
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Apr. 10 |
23 |
Insulators Dielectric properties; optical propertiers; pyroelectricity and ferroelectricity |
due 4/17 |
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Apr. 12 |
24 |
Semiconductors band structure, carrier statistics |
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Apr. 17 |
25 |
Semiconductors - heterogeneous impurity band conduction; physics of the p-n junction |
due 4/24 |
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Apr. 19 |
26 |
Effects of the nanoscale | |||
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Apr. 24 |
27 |
Defects in crystals. Amorphous metals. thermodynamics and transport; polarons and excitons |
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Apr. 26 |
28 |
GENERAL REVIEW BEFORE THE EXAM | |||
MONDAY |
9:45 a.m. 11:45 a.m. |
FINAL EXAM:(see http://www.iastate.edu/~registrar/exams/) |
FINAL EXAM |
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