This note describes the
following topics: Quantization, Photons, Free electrons, empty lattice
approximation, Metals, Fermi surfaces, Metals, Fermi surfaces, plane wave
method, tight binding, Graphene, carbon nanotubes, photoemission, Semiconductors, Free electrons in a magnetic field , Landau levels, Quantum Hall
Effect, Landau levels, Linear response theory , Optical properties of
insulators, Optical properties of metals, Boltzmann equation, Thermoelectric
effects, Crystal physics, Structural phase transitions / electron screening,
Single-electron effects, Hubbard model, Peierls transition , Landau's theory of
a Fermi liquid, phonons, Ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, Landau theory of phase
transition, Superconductivitys.
Solid state physics is one of the most
active and versatile branches of modern physics that have developed in the wake
of the discovery of quantum mechanics. It deals with problems concerning the
properties of materials and, more generally, systems with many degrees of
freedom, ranging from fundamental questions to technological applications. The
topics explained in this pdf include:Introduction, Electrons in the periodic
crystal - band structure, Metals, Itinerant electrons in a magnetic field,
Landau’s Theory of Fermi Liquids, Transport properties of metals, Magnetism in
metals, Magnetism of localized moments.
This note explains the
following topics: Crystal structure, X-ray crystallography, Electrons in
crystals, Electrons in a periodic potential, Semiclassical dynamics of Bloch
electrons, Free-electron bands and crystal structure, Cyclotron resonance,
Magnetism, Electrons in a magnetic field, Magnetism of a gas of free electrons,
Ordered magnetic states, Ferromagnetic groundstate and excitations .
This note
describes the following topics: Band structure, Transport, Magnetism, Dielectric
function and semiconductor lasers, Quantum kinetics of many-particle systems,
Electron-Electron interaction, Superconductivity.
This note explains the following topics: Crystal
structure, Wave diffraction and the reciprocal lattice, Crystal binding and
elastic constants, Phonons, Free-electron Fermi gas, Energy bands, Fermi surface
and metals, Semiconductor crystals, Superconductivity, Diamagnetism and
paramagnetism, Ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism, Magnetic resonance,
Plasmons, polaritons and polarons, Optical processes and excitons, Dielectrics
and ferroelectrics.
This note covers the following
topics: The electronic structure: tight-binding method and nearly
free-electron model, Comparison of results for tight-binding and nearly-free
electron model, Formalization: Bloch theorem, Phonons in one dimension,
Periodicity, Effect of a basis on the electronic structure, Crystal structures,
The reciprocal lattice, Tight-binding in two dimensions, Optical spectroscopy,
Quantum-mechanical treatment of optical spectroscopy, Relation to absorption,
Thomas-Fermi screening, Ferromagnetism, Antiferromagnetism, Electron-phonon
interaction, Transition temperature, Ginzburg-Landau theory, Flux quantization
and the Josephson effect.
This note describes the
following topics: Quantization, Photons, Free electrons, empty lattice
approximation, Metals, Fermi surfaces, Metals, Fermi surfaces, plane wave
method, tight binding, Graphene, carbon nanotubes, photoemission, Semiconductors, Free electrons in a magnetic field , Landau levels, Quantum Hall
Effect, Landau levels, Linear response theory , Optical properties of
insulators, Optical properties of metals, Boltzmann equation, Thermoelectric
effects, Crystal physics, Structural phase transitions / electron screening,
Single-electron effects, Hubbard model, Peierls transition , Landau's theory of
a Fermi liquid, phonons, Ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, Landau theory of phase
transition, Superconductivitys.
This book
covers the following topics: Fundamental Relations for Optical Phenomena, Drude
Theory–Free Carrier Contribution to the Optical Properties, Interband
Transitions, The Joint Density of States and Critical Points, Absorption of
Light in Solids, Optical Properties of Solids Over a Wide Frequency Range,
Impurities and Excitons, Luminescence and Photoconductivity, Optical Study of
Lattice Vibrations, Amorphous Semiconductors.
This note covers the following topics:Condensed Matter Systems,
Basic Notions of Condensed Matter, Quantum Hamiltonian of Condensed Matter
Physics, Pauli Exclusion Principle for Atoms, Energy Bands and Rigid Band
Filling, Electron-Electron Interactions in Metals , Broken Symmetry States of
Metals and Soft Condensed Matter Phases.
This
note covers the following topics: Crystal Structure, Classifying lattices,
Diffraction and the reciprocal lattice, Scattering of a plane wave by a
crystal, Bragg’s Law, X-Ray Diffraction, Lattice Dynamics, Metals,
Semiconductors.