PHZ6426 (section 5187) - Solid State I - Fall 2015

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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