6.730 Spring 2002 Schedule
Day	Date	Lecturer	Travel	L/R	Subject	Read	Problem Set
							OUT	DUE
M	4-Feb				Registration Day
W	6-Feb	TPO		L1	Molecular Bonding I	PSSA   2.1	1
F1	8	RR		L2	Molecular Bonding II	PSSA   2.2
F2		TPO		R1	Background Refresher (FEG)	6.728 Lectures 16 and  22-25
M	11	TPO		L3	Metal as Free Electron Gas	PSSA  3.1-3.3, A&M  2
W	13	TPO		L4	Elastic Waves: Classical  Continuum	PSSA 4.1-4.3
F1	15	TPO		L5	Elastic Waves: Quantization & heat capacity	PSSA 4.4	2	1
F2				R2	Problem Session
M	18				Vacation Day
Tues	19	RR	TPO	L6	Periodic Structures (1-D)	PSSA 5; A&M  4 and 5	Part 1
W	20	RR	TPO	L7	Periodic Structures (3-D)	PSSA 5; A&M  4 and 5	3	2
F1	22	RR	TPO	L8	Lattice Waves: 1D monatomic	PSSA 6.1;  A&M  22 and 23
F2				R3	Problem Session
M	25	RR		L9	Lattice Waves: 1D diatomic	PSSA 6.2; A&M  22 and 23
W	27	RR	TPO	L10	2D  Lattice Waves	PSSA 6.3-6.4; A&M  22 and 23		3
F1	1-Mar	RR	TPO	L11	Density of Modes & Approximate Models (4.4)	PSSA  6.5
F2		RR	TPO	R4	Problem Session
M	4	RR	TPO	L12	1D Tight Binding: Monatomic	PSSA 7.2; A&M  10
W	6	TPO		L13	1D Tight Binding: Diatomic	PSSA 7.2; A&M 10	4	Part 1
F1	8	TPO		L14	2D  & 3D Tight Binding	PSSA 7.2; A&M 9	Part 2
F2				R5	Project Reviews
M	11	TPO	RR	L15	2D  & 3D Tight Binding	PSSA 7.2; A&M 10
W	13	TPO	RR	L16	Nearly Free Electron Approximation	PSSA  7.4; A&M 9		4
F1	15	TPO		L17	Nearly Free Electron Approximation	PSSA  7.4; A&M 9
F2				R6	Problem Session
M	18	TPO	RR	L18a	Properties of Bloch Functions	PSSA 7.5; A&M 8
W	20	TPO	RR	L19	Band Structure of Materials	PSSA 7.6	5	Part 2
F1	22	TPO	RR	L20	Effective Mass Theorem	PSSA  8.2	Part 3
F2				R7	Project Reviews
M	25				Spring Break
W	27				Spring Break
F	29				Spring Break
M	1-Apr	TPO		L21	Semiclassical Eqns of Motion	PSSA  8.4
W	3	TPO		L22	Electrons  and Holes: I	PSSA  9.3-9.4	6	5
F1	5	TPO		L23	k.p Theory
F2				R8	Problem Session
M	8			L24	Electrochemical Potential/Donors	PSSA 9.5
W	10	TPO		L25	Non-Equilibrium, Quasi-Fermi levels
F1	12	TPO		L26	Band bending in Semiconductors
F2				R9	Project Reviews
M	15				Holiday
W	17	TPO		L27	Electron Scattering		7	6
F1	19	RR		L28	Electron-phonon Scattering
F2				R10	Problem Session
M	22	RR		L29	Velocity Saturation
W	24	TPO		L30	Electron-photon Scattering		8	7
F1	26			L31	Optical transitions, Gain & Inversion
F2				R11	Problem Session
M	29	RR		L32	Boltzmann Transport Equation
W	1-May	RR		L33	Relaxation Time Approximation			9
F1	3	RR		L34	Drift-diffusion and Beyond
F2				R12	Problem Session
M	6	TPO		L35	Survey of Silicon Device Research			8
W	8			L36	Survey of Compound Semiconductor Research
F1	10			R13	Problem Session
F2				R14	Problem Session
M	13	RR		L37	Survey of Organic Devices
W	15	(VB)		L38	Class Summary