PH575: INTRODUCTION TO SOLID STATE PHYSICS
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Tentative Syllabus for Spring 2008

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Instructor: Janet Tate Weniger 485; 737-1700 tate (at) physics.oregonstate.edu Office Hours: WThF 1:15-2:15, or by appointment (afternoon is best)		Lecture: WGR 304 MWF 3 - 3:50 pm	Solid State & Optics Seminar (PH) Materials Science Seminar

Date	Topics	Reading	Assignments, handouts, comments
Week1, Lecture 1 M 3/31	Introduction o Materials		HW#1 due W 4/09 HW#2 due M 4/21 HW#3 due W 5/07 HW#4 due F 5/30
W1, L2 W 4/02	Quantum Mechanics Review o electronic states of atoms o wave functions, bras and kets, etc.	S: Ch1, pp. 9-20 S: Ch. 2, pp. 21-25	HO#1:basic math HO#2: bra,ket,QM
W1, L3 F 4/04	QM Review / Chemical bonding o wave functions, bras and kets, etc. o homonuclear diatomic molecule	S: Ch. 2, pp. 21-25 S: Ch. 2, pp. 25-31
W2, L4 M 4/07	Chemical bonding; 1-D solids o homo- and heteronuclear diatomic molecule;	S: Ch. 3, pp. 25-35
W2, L5 W 4/09	1-D solids o homonuclear infinite chain o (k-space, density of states)	S: Ch. 3, pp. 38-52 S: Ch. 3, pp. 58-63	HW#1 solution
W2, L6 F 4/11	1-D solids o (Bloch functions) k-space, density of states	S: Ch. 3, pp. 58-63
W3, L7 M 4/14	2- and 3-D solids o 2D square lattice, band structure, Brillouin zone	S: Ch. 4, pp. 74-80
W3, L8 W 4/16	2- and 3-D solids (cont'd) o 3D lattices, band structure, Brillouin zone
W3, L9 F 4/18	2- and 3-D solids o cont'd
W4, L10 M 4/21	2- and 3-D solids o Reciprocal space, Fermi surface, density of states	S: Ch. 4, pp. 80-92	HW#2 & PAPER TOPIC DUE. HW#2 solution
W4, L11 W 4/23	o Intro to band structure software	Wien basics
W4, L12 F 4/25	Band Gaps o Bands evolved from atomic states o response of electrons to fields, effective mass crystal momentum	S: Ch. 5, pp. 101-111
W5, L13 M 4/28	Gaps, BZ, MT review o (Si: s-p bonding, hybridization, band structure of silicon (S: Ch. 6, pp. 112-127) -> later)
W5, L14 W 4/30	Bandstructure software - cont'd		Prof Schneider; JT out of town
W5 F 5/02	Midterm 1 / Midterm 1 Solution		Review sheet #1 Equation sheet #1
W6, L16 M 5/05	Free electron theory o Electrons in a box o F.E. density of states	S: Ch. 7, pp. 132-139 (K: Ch. 6)
W6, L17 W 5/07	Free electron metal o F.E. bands o Nearly free electron model, screening o FD statistics, specific heat	S: Ch. 7, pp. 140-144 S: Ch. 7, pp. 144-157 S: Ch. 8, pp. 158-160 (K: Ch. 6)	HWK 3 due HW#3 solution
W6, L18 F 5/09	Free electron metal o Electrical & thermal conductivity o Hall effect o Optical response	S: Ch. 8, pp. 162-165 S: Ch. 8, pp. 165-166 K: Ch14
W7, L19 M 5/12	Semiconductors o Electrical properties o Optical properties o Defects	K: pp. 395-492 K pp. 189-191 K: pp. 205-215
W7, L20 W 5/14	Semiconductors
W7, L21 F 5/16	Semiconductors
W8, L22 M 5/19	Magnetism o Pauli paramagnetism, transition metals, exchange interactions exchange in metals, ferromagnets, GMR	K: pp. 313-317 K: pp. 397-403 K: pp. 397-403	Paper outline due
W8, L23 W 5/21	o Magnetism	K Ch18
W8 L24 F 5/23	Phonons o Elementary excitations, lattice vibrations, linear chains, phonons in 3D, acoustic & optical phonons, Debye heat capacity	K: pp. 83-96 K: pp. 101-108	Wien short report due
W9 M 5/26	Memorial Day - no class
W9, L26 W 5/28	o Phonons
W9, L27 F 5/30	o Carbon nanotubes and graphene		HW#4 solution
W10 M 6/02	o Midterm 2	Equation sheet	Review sheet 2
W10, L29 W 6/04	TBA
W10, L30 F 6/06	No class		Papers due
M 6/09	Final Exam 09:30 - 11:20 WGR 304		Poster session on band structure calculations

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