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Introductory Solid State Physics





Date

Lectures

 Homework

Extra Reading
L1 Jan 19 Introduction - what is condensed matter physics.
Background. Thermal Physics Refresher 
MathDiagnostic

HWK 1
Due  1-30-23

L2

Jan 2

Simon Chapter2
Maxwell Boltzmann distribution, Equipartition theorem, Specific heat: Boltzmann, Einstein models

QM- refresher
Statistics

The Kronecker and Dirac delta

L3

Jan 26

Simon Ch 2, 3 (1,2)
Debye model, Drude electrical transport
Poisson sum
Fourier Transforms and Delta functions

L4

Jan 30

Simon Chapter 3 Drude thermal transport. 

HWK 2
Due  2-6-23

Wiedemann-Franz law in VO2

L5


Feb 2

Simon Ch 4
The Fermi gas.
Sommerfeld free electron model; Electrical and thermal transport, 


Thermoelectrics

L6

Feb 6		 Simon Ch 5
Geometry of solids, The direct lattice		 HWK 3
Due  2-13-23		 Packing unit cells and coordination number

L7


Feb 9

Simon Ch 5
What holds solids together - Van der Waals, ionic, Covalent, Metallic and Hydrogen bonds;

L8

Feb 13

Simon Ch 7 Compressibility, Sound, and
Thermal Expansion

HWK 4
Due  2-20-23

L9


Feb 16

Simoms Ch 8
Vibrations of a One Dimensional
Monatomic Chain

L10

Feb 20

Simons Ch. 9
Vibrations of Diatomic chains, optical phonons, inelastic scattering by phonons.
Due  2-27-23


L11

Feb23		 Simons Ch 10
Tight Binding Chain

L12

Feb27		 Simons Ch 10
Band structure
Fermi surface
HWK 6
Due  3-20-23 		time-of-flight exp. with phonons

L13

Mar 2


Midterm Review

Mendez BO

L14

Mar 6

 Midterm  EXAM  (L1-L12)
 
Simins Ch 1-10

L15

Mar 9
Simons Ch 11
Crystal Structure
 


Mar 13

 SPRING BREAK




Mar 16

SPRING BREAK

L16

Mar 20

Simons Ch 12
Reciprocal Lattice, Fourier transform, lattice planes, Miller indices;
  		HWK 7
Due  3-27-23
Submit title of article for final PRESENTATION
L17

Mar 23

Simons Ch 12
Brillouin Zones, waves in crystals

L18

Mar 27

 Ch 13
Waves scattering by  crystals;   Fermi golden rule; Diffraction; Ewald construction  Bragg law and Laue condition; Scattering probes and structure factor

HWK 8
Due  4-3-23

L19

Mar 30

 Ch 13
Visualizing the reciprocal and direct lattice: X-rays, neutrons, STM. 

Seeing the reciprocal lattice with X-rays

L20

Apr 3

Ch 14
Electrons in a periodic potential
Nearly free electron model
 Perturbation theory
Bloch Thoerem
 HWK 9
Due  4-10-22
QM of Electrons in strong  magnetic fields
QHE Klitzing I
 QHEKlitzing II

Fractional QH

Gantmakhe

L21

Apr 6

Ch 15
Energy bands , Tight binding
Dynamics of electrons in bands  Band structure
Metals and  Insulators, 

McCann-Tight binding and structure of graphene
The rise of graphene
Electronic properties of grapheneSTM imaging of vortices

L22

Apr 10

Ch 16
semiconductors

Due  4-17-22
 Superconductivity in Bi crystals I, II, III

L23

Apr 13

Ch 18
Magnetism


L24

Apr 17

Special topics



L25

Apr 20

Presentations I
Tips to giving a killer physics presentation

L26

Apr 24

Presentations II

L27

Apr 27

Presentations III

L 28
 Apr 21
 wrapup