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              This page contains selected lecture notes
            and class presentations.
             

                          

               History of Solid State Physics
               Dirac-Kronig-Penney Model
               Types of band structure: Metals, Insulators, Semi-metals
               Crystal structure
               Tight-binding model in 1D and 2D; Bloch oscillations
               Graphene
               Double-well and Tight-binding Model (pdf)
               Perturbation theory and Nearly-Free Electron Model (pdf)
               Periodic Table
               Notes: diamagnetism of free electrons
               Experiment: Quantum magneto-oscillations and Integer Quantum Hall effect
               Fermi surfaces of real metals
               Lattice dynamics: phonon density of states, van Hove singularities,
               amplitude of atomic vibrations
               Mermin's derivation of the Debye-Waller factor (J. Math. Phys 7, 1038 (1966)
               Experiment: specific heat, T dependence of the resistivity,
               Boltzmann equation for electron-impurity sctattering
               Boltzmann equation for electron-phonon scattering
               Experiment: Classical Hall effect, specific heat
               Edge-state picture of Integer Quantum Hall Effect
               Bandstructure of several semiconductors
               Spin-orbit interaction in semiconductors
      Experiment: Temperature dependence of the resistivity and Hall constants in semiconductors
               Boltzmann theory of electron transport
               Thermoelectric power
               Quantum-interference effects in transport

 





                      

 
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