DAY

DATE

LECTURER

L/R

SUBJECT

READ

PROBLEM SET

OUT

DUE

M

31-Jan

Registration Day

W

02-Feb

TPO

L1

Molecular Bonding I

PSSA 2.1

1

F1

4

TPO

L2

Molecular Bonding II

PSSA 2.2

F2

TPO

R1

Background Refresher

6.728 Lectures 16 and 22-25

M

7

TPO

L3

Bonding in Solids

PSSA 2.3

W

9

TPO

L4

Metal as Free Electron Gas

PSSA 3.1-3.3, A&M 2

2

1

F1

11

TPO

L5

Elastic Waves: Classical Continuum

PSSA 4.1-4.3

F2

R2

Problem Session

M

14

TPO

L6

Elastic Waves: Quantized

PSSA 4.4

Part 1

W

16

TPO

L7

Debye & Einstein Models

PSSA 4.5

3

2

F1

18

TPO

L8

Stiffness Matrix

PSSA 4.6

F2

R3

Problem Session

M

21

TPO

Vacation Day

Tues

22

TPO

L9

Periodic Structures

PSSA 5; A&M 4 and 5

W

23

TPO

L10

Periodic Structures, x-ray diffraction

PSSA 5; A&M 4 and 5

3

F1

25

TPO

L11

Lattice Waves: 1D monatomic

PSSA 6.1; A&M 22 and 23

F2

R4

Problem Session

M

28-Jan

TPO

L12

Lattice Waves: 1D diatomic

PSSA 6.2; A&M 22 and 23

W

01-Mar

TPO

L13

2D Lattice Waves

PSSA 6.3-6.4; A&M 22 and 23

4

Part 1

F1

3

TPO

L14

Quantization of Lattice Waves

PSSA 6.5

Part 2

F2

R5

Problem Session

M

6

TPO

L15

Phonon-Photon Interactions

PSSA 6.6

W

8

TPO

L16

1D Tight Binding: Monatomic

PSSA 7.2; A&M 10

4

F1

10

TPO

L17

1D Tight Binding: Diatomic

PSSA 7.2; A&M 10

F2

Problem Session

M

13

TPO

L18a

2D & 3D Tight Binding

PSSA 7.2; A&M 9

W

15

TPO

L18b

2D & 3D Tight Binding

PSSA 7.2; A&M 10

5

Part 2

F1

17

TPO

L19

Nearly Free Electron Approximation

PSSA 7.4; A&M 9

Part 3

F2

R6

Problem Session

M

20

Spring Break

W

22

Spring Break

F

24

Spring Break

M

27

TPO

L20

Nearly Free Electron Approximation

PSSA 7.4; A&M 9

W

29

TPO

L21

Properties of Bloch Functions

PSSA 7.5; A&M 8

F1

31

TPO

L22

Band Structure of Materials

PSSA 7.6

F2

TPO

R7

Problem Session

M

03-Apr

TPO

L23

Effective Mass Theorem

PSSA 8.2

W

5

TPO

L24

Semiclassical Eqns of Motion

PSSA 8.4

5

F1

7

TPO

L25

Hydrogenic Impurity States

PSSA 8.3

F2

R8

Problem Session

M

10

TPO

L26

Electrons and Holes: I

PSSA 9.3-9.4

6

Part 3

W

12

TPO

L27

Electrochemical Potential/Donors

PSSA 9.5

F1

14

TPO

L28

Band Bending in Metals

SDS 11

F2

R9

Problem Session

M

17

Holiday

W

19

TPO

L29

Band Bending in Semiconductors

SDS 11

7

6

F1

21

TPO

L30

Non-Equilibrium: A Case Study

SDS 4

F2

R10

Problem Session

M

24

TPO

L31

Generation and Recombination

SDS 8

W

26

TPO

L32

Boltzmann Transport :I

SDS 9

8

7

F1

28

TPO

L33

Relaxation Time Approximation

SDS 11

F2

R11

Problem Session

M

01-May

TPO

L34

Scattering Rates

8

W

3

TPO

L35

Scattering Rates

F1

5

R12

Problem Session

F2

R13

Problem Session

M

8

TPO

L36

Velocity Saturation

W

10

TPO

L37

Velocity Saturation