6.730 Spring 2004 Schedule
Day	Date	Travel	L/R	Subject	Read	Problem Set
						OUT	DUE
M	2-Feb			Registration Day
W	4-Feb		L1	Molecules- The simple Solid	PSSA   2.1	1
F1	6		L2	Vibrational and Rotational Molecular States	PSSA   2.2
F2			R1	Background Refresher (FEG)	6.728 Lectures 16 and  22-25
M	9		L3	Metal as Free Electron Gas	PSSA  3.1-3.3, A&M  2
W	11		L4	Elastic Waves: Classical  Continuum	PSSA 4.1-4.3
F1	13		L5	Elastic Waves: Quantization & heat capacity	PSSA 4.4	2	1
F2			R2	Problem Session
M	16			Vacation Day
Tues	17		L6	Periodic Structures (1-D)	PSSA 5; A&M  4 and 5	Part 1
W	18		L7	Periodic Structures (3-D)	PSSA 5; A&M  4 and 5
F1	20		L8	Lattice Waves in 1D Monatomic Crystals	PSSA 6.1;  A&M  22 and 23	3	2
F2			R3	Problem Session
M	23		L9	Lattice Waves in 1D Diatomic Crystals	PSSA 6.2; A&M  22 and 23
W	25		L10	Lattice Waves in 2D and 3D	PSSA 6.3-6.4; A&M  22 and 23
F1	27		L11	Density of Modes & Approximate Models (4.4)	PSSA  6.5		3
F2			R4	Problem Session
M	1-Mar		L12	1D Tight Binding: Monatomic	PSSA 7.2; A&M  10
W	3		L13	1D Tight Binding: Diatomic	PSSA 7.2; A&M 10		Part 1
F1	5		L14	2D  & 3D Tight Binding I	PSSA 7.2; A&M 9	Part 2
F2			R5	Project Reviews		4
M	8		L15	2D  & 3D Tight Binding II	PSSA 7.2; A&M 10
W	10		L16	Nearly Free Electron Approximation I	PSSA  7.4; A&M 9
F1	12		L17	Nearly Free Electron Approximation II	PSSA  7.4; A&M 9		4
F2			R6	Problem Session
M	15		L18	Properties of Bloch Functions	PSSA 7.5; A&M 8
W	17		L19	Motion of Electronic Wavepackets	PSSA 7.6
F1	19		L20	Impurity States	PSSA  8.2	5	Part 2
F2			R7	Project Reviews
M	22			Spring Break
W	24			Spring Break
F	25			Spring Break
M	29		L21	Dynamical Effect Mass, Fermi Surfaces	PSSA  8.4
W	31		L22	Electrons  and Holes	PSSA  9.3-9.4	Part 3	5
F1	2-Apr		L23	k.p and Effective Mass
F2			R8	Problem Session
M	5		L24	Chemical Potential and Equilibrium	PSSA 9.5
W	7		L25	Quasi-Fermi Levels and Non-Equilibrium
F1	9		L26	Inhomogeneous Solids
F2			R9	Problem Session
M	12		L27	Scattering of Bloch Functions
W	14		L28	Electron-phonon Scattering I			Part 3
F1	16		L29	Electron-phonon Scattering II		6
F2			R10	Project Reviews
M	19			Holiday
W	21		L30	Electron Scattering
F1	23		L31	Electron-Photon Scattering		7	6
F2			R11	Project Reviews
M	26		L32	Introduction to Boltzmann Transport
W	28		L33	Relaxation Time Approximation
F1	30		L34	Introduction to High-field Transport		8	7
F2			R12	Problem Session
M	3-May		L35	High-field Transport and Velocity Saturation
W	5		L36	Survey of Silicon Device Research
F1	7		R13	Problem Session			8
F2			R14	Problem Session
M	10		L37	Survey of Compound Semiconductor Research
W	12		L38	Survey of Organic Devices