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DAY TO DAY 6.730 COURSE OUTLINE

DAY	DATE	LECTURER	L/R	SUBJECT	READ	PROBLEM	SET	Project
						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
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
W	18	MS	L18	2D & 3D Tight Binding	PSSA 7.2; A&M 10	6	5
F1	20	TPO	L19	Nearly Free Electron Approximation	PSSA 7.4; A&M 9
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