Course Information of PHYS 4052 - Introductory Solid State Physics

Current / Most Recent Semester: Spring 2014/15
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Instructor(s): ZHANG Ting
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Teaching Pattern:
  • duration of course: about 13 weeks
  • lecture hour(s) per week: 3
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    No. of Credit(s): 3
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    Content of the course offered in Spring 2011/12:
  • Introduction: Atoms in crystals
  • Waves in crystals
  • Defects and disorder in crystals
  • The thermal vibrations of the crystal lattices
  • Phonons in non-metals, thermals conductivity
  • Free electrons in crystals
  • Electrical conductivity and the band theory
  • Semiconductors
  • The physics of the semiconductor p-n junction
  • Paramagnetism and diamagnetism
  • Ferromagnetism, antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetisms
  • Ferroelectricity
  • Superconductivity
  • Selected topics of ongoing research in Solid State Physics
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    Remarks: Prerequisite: PHYS 3036 or PHYS 3037