(THIS IS THE OLD COURSE PAGE)
| Week | Lecture | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Lecture 1 | Introduction, general stuff |
| Lecture 2 | Bravais lattices, crystal structure (Chapter 1) | |
| 4 | Lecture 3 | Crystal structure, lattice planes, Miller indices (Chapter 1) |
| Lecture 4 | Intro to x-ray diffraction, reciprocal lattice (Chapter 11. - 11.2.) | |
| 5 | Lecture 5 | X-ray diffraction, structure factor, atomic scattering factor (Chapters 1.4, 11 - 11.4.2.) |
| Lecture 6 | 1D lattice vibrations, dispersion relation (Chapters 2. - 2.3.) | |
| 6 | Lecture 7 | 3D lattice vibrations, longitudinal and transverse modes, density of states (Chapters 2.4. - 2.5.) |
| Lecture 8 | Phonons, heat capacity and the Debye model (Chapters 2.5. - 2.6.) | |
| 7 | Lecture 9 | Anharmonic potential, phonon-phonon coupling, phononic thermal conductivity (Chapters 2.7.2. - 2.8.4.) |
| Lecture 10 | Anharmonic potential, thermal expansion, Grüneisen parameter, experimental determination of phonon spectra (Chapters 2.7.1. and 12. - 12.4.) | |
| 8 | Lecture 11 | The free electron model (Chapter 3) |
| Lecture 12 | The nearly free electron model, band gaps, Bloch's theorem (Chapters 11.3. - 11.4.1, 4.1) | |
| 9 | Lecture 13 | Metals and insulators in the NFE model, fermi surfaces in 3D, effective mass (Chapters 4.2, 4.4, 13 - 13.3.2) |
| Lecture 14 | Tight binding (Chapter 4.3) | |
| 11 | Lecture 15 | Semiconductors (Chapters 5.1, 5.2, 5.3.1) |
| Lecture 16 | Semiconductors (Chapters 5.3.2.-5.3.4., 5.4, 5.5.1) | |
| 12 | Lecture 17 | Semiconductors, p-n junctions with zero and applied bias (Chapters 5.5.3. 5.6.1.-5.6.2., 6.1.-6.3.) |
| Lecture 18 | Current in p-n junctions, LED, MOSFET and other applications (6.3., 6.4.1.-6.4.2., 6.5., 6.6.) | |
| 13 | Lecture 19 | Superconductivity (Chapters 10.1., 10.2., 10.3. ) |
| No lecture on 1.4. | ||
| 14 | Lecture 20 | Superconductivity (Chapters 10.4.1.-10.4.3., 10.4.5., 10.5.1.-10.5.4.) |
| Lecture 21 | Quantum interference, high-temperature superconductors (10.5.5., 10.6.) | |
| 15 | Lecture 22 | Real metals, Fermi surfaces, experiments (Chapters 13.1.,13.2.,13.3.1.,13.4.) |
| Lecture 23 | Low-dimensional systems (Chapter 14) | |
| 16 | Lecture 24 | Scattering of photons, electrons and neutrons from solids, scattering mechanisms (Chapters 12.2.(review), 12.5.1.) |
| Lecture 25 | Electron scattering and surfaces, conventional and synchrotron x-rays and research (Chapter 12.6.) | |
| 17 | Lecture 26 | Review of topics |
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| Exercises | Due date |
|---|---|
| Exercise 1 | 1.2. |
| Exercise 2 | 8.2. |
| Exercise 3 | 15.2. |
| Exercise 4 | 22.2. |
| Exercise 5 heat capacity data | 1.3. |
| Exercise 6 | 22.3. |
| Exercise 7 | 29.3. |
| Exercise 8 | 12.4. |
| Exercise 9 | 26.4. |
| Exams | 60% |
| Exercises | 40% |