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 note covers Bravais lattice or how to pack a crystal, Symmetry as the guiding principle,
Systematics of crystals symmetry groups, Unpacking the crystal structure, Spaces
of crystallography, Structure factor, Bonding in crystals, Mechanical
properties, Dielectric properties, Phonons and sound, Phonons and light and
phonons and the reciprocal lattice.
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, X-Ray
Diffraction and Reciprocal Lattice, Crystal Binding, Elastic Properties ,
Lattice Vibrations, Thermal Properties, Free-Electron Model,Electron Transport,
Energy Bands, Electron Dynamics and Fermi Surfaces, Methods for Calculating Band
Structure, Semiconductors, Optical Properties of Solids, Dielectric Properties
of Insulators, Magnetic Properties.
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 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 book covers the
following topics: Physics of Solids without Considering Microscopic Structure,
Putting Materials Together, Toy Models of Solids in One Dimension, Geometry of
Solids, Neutron and X-Ray Diffraction, Electrons in Solids, Magnetism and Mean
Field Theory.
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.