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B013295 - SOLID STATE PHYSICS (INTRODUCTION)
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Course Content
Suggested readings
Learning Objectives
Teaching Methods
Further information
Type of Assessment
Course program
Academic Year 2010-11
Coorte 2010 - Second Cycle Degree in SCIENZE FISICHE E ASTROFISICHE
Course year
First year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Physics and Astronomy
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
FIS/03 - PHYSICS OF MATTER
Credits
3
Teaching Hours
24
Teaching Term
04/10/2010 ⇒ 21/01/2011
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B013293 - FISICA DELLO STATO SOLIDO
Second Cycle Degree in SCIENZE FISICHE E ASTROFISICHE
Curriculum FISICA DELLA MATERIA
B013293 - FISICA DELLO STATO SOLIDO
Second Cycle Degree in SCIENZE FISICHE E ASTROFISICHE
Curriculum FISICA DELLA MATERIA
Course Content
Band structure theory: weak periodic potential; tight-binding method, Wannier functions; APW, KKR, OPW methods; pseudopotentials. Electron-electron interactions, Screening: Thomas-Fermi and Lindhard theories. Semiclassical model of electron dynamics. Semiclassical transport theory. Electron-phonon interaction, Kohn anomalies and Peierls instability. Homogeneous semiconductors: carrier statistics for intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors. Defects in crystals
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
N.W. Ashcroft and N.D. Mermin “Solid State Physics”
Learning Objectives
Knowledge acquired:
Band structures. Electron dynamics and transport properties. Screening. Simple theory of electron-phonon interaction. Semiconductors. Statistical mechanics of defects in solids
Competence acquired:
Evaluation of simple solid properties
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
Elementary excitations in solids
Band structures. Electron dynamics and transport properties. Screening. Simple theory of electron-phonon interaction. Semiconductors. Statistical mechanics of defects in solids
Competence acquired:
Evaluation of simple solid properties
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
Elementary excitations in solids
Teaching Methods
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...):
150
Hours reserved to private study and other individual formative activities:
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 50
150
Hours reserved to private study and other individual formative activities:
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 50
Further information
Office hours:
A.Rettori – Wednesday 11:00-13:00
May vary each academic year.
A.Rettori – Wednesday 11:00-13:00
May vary each academic year.
Type of Assessment
Exam modality: oral examination
Course program
Band structure theory: weak periodic potential; tight-binding method, Wannier functions; APW, KKR, OPW methods; pseudopotentials. Electron-electron interactions, Screening: Thomas-Fermi and Lindhard theories. Semiclassical model of electron dynamics. Semiclassical transport theory. Electron-phonon interaction, Kohn anomalies and Peierls instability. Homogeneous semiconductors: carrier statistics for intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors. Defects in crystals