Solid State Physics

Solid State Physics PHYS

PHYS3504 Quantum Mechanics

4 hours One requisite

1 Crystal Structure / Periodic Array of Atoms. / Fundamental Types of Lattices. / Index Systems for Crystal Planes / Simple Crystal Structure / Direct Imagining of Atomic Structure / Nonideal Crystal Structures

2 Wave Diffraction and the Reciprocal Lattice / Diffraction of Waves by Crystals. / Scattered Wave Amplitude. / Brillouin Zones / Fourier Analysis of the Basis

3 Crystal Binding and Elastic Constants / Crystal of Inert Gases. / Ionic Crystals. / Covalent Crystals. / Metals. / Hydrogen Bonds. / Atomic Radii. / Analysis of Elastic Strains. / Elastic Compliance and Stiffness Constants / Elastic Waves in Cubic Crystals

4 Phonons I. Crystal Vibrations / Vibrations of Crystals with Monatomic Basis. / Two Atoms per Primitive Basis / Quantization of Elastic Waves. / Phonon Momentum. / Inelastic Scattering by Phonons

5 Phonons II. Termal Properties / Phonon Heat Capacity / Anharamonic Crystal Interactions. / Thermal Conductivity

6 Free Electron Fermi Gas / Energy Level in One Dimension / Effect of Temperature on the Fermi Dirac Distribution. / Free Electron Gas in Three Dimensions. / Heat Capacity of the Electron Gas. / Electrical Conductivity and Ohm’s Law. / Motion in Magnetic Field / Hall Effect / Thermal Conductivity of Metals

7 Band theory / Energy spectra in atoms, molecules and solids. / Bloch theorem. / Brillouin zones. / Number of states in the band. / Nearly free electron model

8 Semiconductor / Quantum Theory of Solids. / Semiconductor in Equilibrium. / Carrier Transport Phenomena. / The pn Junction

1.1 Mapped to: K1

Definde the atomic binding in the crystals

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