MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 6.730 Physics for Solid-State Applications Spring, 1999 GENERAL INFORMATION  

Lecturer	Terry P. Orlando	Rm. 13-3006	x3-5888	orlando@mit.edu
		Home Phone	Before 9:00 pm	781-334-4758
Secretary	Diane Hagopian	Rm. 13-3058	x3-3282	dianeh@mtl.mit.edu

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CLASSES:

Monday, Wednesday, 1-2:30 pm, and Friday 1-3:00 pm all in Room 36-155

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REQUIRED TEXT:

Simulations for Solid State Physics , R. H. Silsbee and J. Drager, Univesity Cambrige Press, 1997.

This text is required, and a student edition without the CD can be purchased from Quantum Books .

Suggested Text:

Solid State Physics , N.W. Aschroft and M.D. Mermin, Saunders College Publishing, 1976.

(This text is optional but is the one used in 6.732).

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NOTES:

Notes will be handed out periodically.

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Problem Sets:

All homework sets are due at the beginining of class on the assigned due date. You may work together on the problem sets but you are required to write up your own solution and code.

Students will make oral presentations on the homework.

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Project:

A three part group assignment will cover the (1) physical structure, (2) the phonon spectra, and the (3) band structure of a semiconductor.

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FINAL :

There will be a final examination for the class.

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GRADES:

40% Group Project (30% written report and 10% presentation)

40% Problem Sets (25% written report and 15% presentation)

20% Final Examination

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