Course Identification

Solid State Physics
20232032

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Dr. Ayelet Vilan
Guy Ohad

Course Schedule and Location

2023
Second Semester
Sunday, 11:15 - 13:00, WSoS, Rm A

Tutorials
Wednesday, 10:15 - 11:00, Perlman, Rm 404
16/04/2023
21/07/2023

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Chemical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Core; 3.00 points

Comments

N/A

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

30

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

30%
70%

Evaluation Type

Examination

Scheduled date 1

31/07/2023
WSoS, Rm A
0900-1200
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Scheduled date 2

30/08/2023
WSoS, Rm A
0900-1200
N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

3

Syllabus

Lecture topics:

  1. Crystal structure
  2. The reciprocal lattice and x-ray diffraction
  3. Free electron Fermi gas
  4. Nearly free electrons model
  5. Conductance in metals and atomic conductors
  6. Tight binding model (graphene & nanotubes)
  7. Energy bands to electrical conductivity
  8. Bulk semiconductors (intrinsic and doped)
  9. Semiconductor interfaces: the pn junction
  10. Basic devices: transistors and light-emission
  11. Nuclei vibrations: phonons
  12. Basic magnetism

Learning Outcomes

Students attending the course will get familiar with main concepts describing the behavior of electrons in solids, up to operation principles of electronic devices.  

 

Reading List

The course will be based mainly on:

  1. Introduction to Solid State Physics / Kittel; 530.41KIT
  2. Solid State Physics /Ashcroft and Mermin; 530.41ASH

 

Some subjects will be treated according to:

  1. Structure & Dynamics: An Atomic View of Materials / Martin T. Dove

  2. Quantum Transport: Atom to Transistor/Datta 621.38152DAT

  3. Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic systems/ Datta 537.6225DAT
  4. Physics of Semiconductor Devices/Sze 537.622 SZE 

Website

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