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Syllabus



Syllabus

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Prerequisites


8.044 (Statistical Physics I) and 8.05 (Quantum Physics II)



Texts


The textbook for this class is:

Amazon logo Kittel, Charles. Introduction to Solid State Physics. 8th ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2004. ISBN: 9780471415268.

A useful reference is:

Amazon logo Ashcroft, Neil W., and N. David Mermin. Solid State Physics. New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976. ISBN: 9780030839931.



Exams


There will be three in-class exams and a final exam. All exams are open-book and open-note exams.



Homework


There will be 10 problem sets, assigned roughly once a week.



Grading



ACTIVITIESPERCENTAGES
In-class exams30% (10% each)
Final exam30%
Homework40%



Topics


  • Periodic structure and symmetry of crystals
  • Diffraction, reciprocal lattice
  • Chemical bonding
  • Lattice dynamics
  • Phonons
  • Thermal properties
  • Free electron gas
  • Model of metals
  • Bloch theorem and band structure
  • Nearly free electron approximation
  • Tight binding method
  • Fermi surface
  • Semiconductors
  • Electrons
  • Holes
  • Impurities
  • Optical properties
  • Excitons
  • Magnetism


Calendar



SES #KEY DATES
4Problem set 1 due
7Problem set 2 due
9Problem set 3 due
10Exam 1
14Problem set 4 due
17Problem set 5 due
19Exam 2
23Problem set 6 due
25Problem set 7 due
27

Exam 3

Problem set 8 due

30Problem set 9 due
36Problem set 10 due
39Final exam

 








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