DAY

DATE

LECTURER

L/R

SUBJECT

READ

PROBLEM SET

Project

TRAVEL

OUT

DUE

due

M

2-Feb

Registration Day

W

4-Feb

TPO

L1

Molecular Bonding I

PSSA 2.1

1

F1

6

TPO

L2

Molecular Bonding II

PSSA 2.2

F2

TPO

R1

Background Refresher

Guide to Transitions

M

9

TPO

L3

Bonding in Solids

PSSA 2.3

W

11

TPO

L4

Metal as Free Electron Gas

PSSA 3.1-3.3, A&M 2

F1

13

TPO

L5

Elastic Waves: Classical Continuum

PSSA 4.1-4.3

F2

R2

Problem Session

M

16

TPO

Vacation Day

Tues

17

TPO

L6

Elastic Waves: Quantized

PSSA 4.4

2

1

W

18

TPO

L7

Debye & Einstein Models

PSSA 4.5

F1

20

TPO

L8

Stiffness Matrix

PSSA 4.6

F2

R3

Problem Session

M

23

TPO

L9

Periodic Structures

PSSA 5; A&M 4 and 5

3

2

W

25

TPO

L10

Periodic Structures, x-ray diffraction

PSSA 5; A&M 4 and 5

F1

27

LT

L11

Lattice Waves: 1D monatomic

PSSA 6.1; A&M 22 and 23

F2

R4

Problem Session

M

2-Mar

TPO

L12

Lattice Waves: 1D diatomic

PSSA 6.2; A&M 22 and 23

4

3

Part 1

W

4

TPO

L13

2D Lattice Waves

PSSA 6.3-6.4; A&M 22 and 23

F1

6

TPO

L14

Quantization of Lattice Waves

PSSA 6.5

F2

R5

Problem Session

M

9

SDS

L15

Phonon-Photon Interactions

PSSA 6.6

5

4

TPO

W

11

TPO

L16

1D Tight Binding: Monatomic

PSSA 7.2; A&M 10

F1

13

TPO

L17

1D Tight Binding: Diatomic

PSSA 7.2; A&M 10

F2

Problem Session

M

16

LT

Q1

Quiz 1

TPO

W

18

MS

L18

2D & 3D Tight Binding

PSSA 7.2; A&M 10

6

5

TPO

F1

20

TPO

L19

Nearly Free Electron Approximation

PSSA 7.4; A&M 9

OPEN HOUSE

F2

R6

Problem Session

M

23

Spring Break

W

25

Spring Break

F

27

Spring Break

M

30

TPO

L20

Nearly Free Electron Approximation

PSSA 7.4; A&M 9

W

1-Apr

TPO

L21

Properties of Bloch Functions

PSSA 7.5; A&M 8

F1

3

TPO

L22

Band Structure of Materials

PSSA 7.6

Part 2

F2

TPO

R7

Problem Session

M

6

TPO

L23

Effective Mass Theorem

PSSA 8.2

7

6

W

8

TPO

L24

Semiclassical Eqns of Motion

PSSA 8.4

F1

10

TPO

L25

Hydrogenic Impurity States

PSSA 8.3

F2

R8

Problem Session

M

13

TPO

L26

Electrons and Holes: I

PSSA 9.3-9.4

8

7

W

15

TPO

L27

Electrochemical Potential/Donors

PSSA 9.5

F1

17

TPO

L28

Band Bending in Metals

SDS 11

F2

R9

Problem Session

M

20

Holiday

W

22

TPO

L29

Band Bending in Semiconductors

SDS 11

9

8

F1

24

TPO

L30

Non-Equilibrium: A Case Study

SDS 4

F2

R10

Problem Session

Part 3

M

27

TPO

L31

Generation and Recombination

SDS 8

W

29

TPO

L32

Boltzmann Transport :I

SDS 9

F1

1-May

TPO

L33

Relaxation Time Approximation

SDS 11

F2

R11

Problem Session

M

4

TPO

L34

Scattering Rates

9

W

6

TPO

L35

Scattering Rates

F1

8

Q2

Quiz 2

F2

Q2

Quiz 2

M

11

TPO

L36

Velocity Saturation

W

13

TPO

L37

Velocity Saturation