PHZ6426 (section 5187) - Solid State I - Fall 2015 Syllabus | UF Apps | GNU Octave Aug. 24 Course Overview Aug. 26 Chpt. 1 - Drude Theory of Metals Aug. 28 Chpt. 1,2 - Sommerfeld Theory of Metals, Sommerfeld Expansion Aug. 30 Chpt. 2 - Sommerfeld Theory of Metals HW1 (Solutions on Canvas) Sept. 2 Chpt. 4 - Crystal Lattices, HCP Handout Sept. 4 Chpt. 5 - Reciprocal Lattice Sept. 7 Labor day - no class Sept. 9 Chpt. 6 - X-ray Scattering HW2 Sept. 11 Chpt. 7 - Symmetry groups Sept. 14 Chpt. 8 - Bloch's Theorem Sept. 16 Chpt. 9 - Weak potential 1D example, onedimension.m Sept. 18 Chpt. 9 - Weak potential 2D example, twodimensions.m Sept. 21 Chpt. 10 - Tight Binding, Fermi Surfaces HW3 Sept. 23 Chpt. 10,11 - Other Methods Band Structure Sept. 25 Chpt. 12 - Semiclassical Model El. Dynamics Sept. 28 Chpt. 12 - Semiclassical Model El. Dynamics HW4 energysurface.m Sept. 30 Chpt. 13 - Boltzmann Equation Oct. 2 Chpt. 13 - Boltzmann Eq. Elect. Conductivity Oct. 5 Chpt. 13 - Boltzmann Eq. continued HW5 Oct. 7 Chpt. 13 - Thermoelectric phenomena Oct. 9 Review - Guide - 2014 Exam Oct. 11 Exam 1 Oct. 14 Exam 1 Oct. 16 Chpt. 14 - Measuring the Fermi Surface, Free electron case, Plot, m-file Oct. 19 Chpt. 15 - Band Structure Metals, Periodic Table Oct. 21 Chpt. 16 - Beyond Relax. Time Approx. Oct. 23 Chpt. 17 - Beyond Indep. Electrons Oct. 26 Chpt. 17 - Beyond Indep. Electrons HW6 Oct. 28 Chpt. 18 - Surface Effects Oct. 30 Chpt. 19,20 - Class. Solids & Cohesive Energy Nov. 2 Chpt. 21 - Failures of Static Lattice Nov. 4 Chpt. 22 - Classical Harmonic Crystal HW7 Nov. 6 Homecoming - No Class Nov. 9 Chpt. 22 - Classical Harmonic Crystal Quantum Harmonic Crystal Nov. 11 Veterans Day - No Class Nov. 13 Chpt. 23 - Quantum Harmonic Crystal HW8 Nov. 16 Chpt. 24 - Measuring Phonon Dispersion Relations Nov. 18 Chpt. 25 - Anharmonic Effects Nov. 20 Chpt. 28 - Homogeneous Semiconductors Nov. 23 Chpt. 29 - Inhomogeneous Semiconductors Nov. 25 Thanksgiving holiday - no class Nov. 27 Thanksgiving holiday - no class Nov. 31 Chpt. 29 - Transistors Bonus HW(9) - complete Study Guide by Dec. 7 Dec. 2 Review - Study Guide Dec. 4 Exam 2, Part 1 Dec. 7 Exam 2, Part 2 Dec. 9 Transistorized video