INSTRUCTOR: M. S. Dresselhaus
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COURSE OUTLINE
Part I: Transport Properties
- Review of Energy Dispersion Relations in Solids
- Examples of Energy Bands in Solids
- Time--Independent Perturbation Theory
- Effective Mass Theory
- Transport Phenomena
- Thermal Transport
- Electron and Phonon Scattering
- Harmonic Oscillators, Phonons, and Electron-Phonon Interaction
- Two Dimensional Electron Gas, Quantum Wells \& Semiconductor Superlattices
- Transport in Low Dimensional Systems
- Ion Implantation and RBS
Part II: Optical Properties
- Review of Fundamental Relations
- Drude Theory--Free Carrier Contribution to the Optical Properties
- Interband Transitions
- Time Dependent Perturbation Theory
- The Joint Density of States and Critical Points
- Absorption of Light in Solids
- Optical Properties of Solids Over a Wide Frequency Range
- Impurities and Excitons
- Luminescence and Photoconductivity
- Harmonic Oscillators, Phonons, and the Electron-Phonon Interaction
- Optical Study of Lattice Vibrations
- Non-Linear Optics
- Electron Spectroscopy and Surface Science
- Amorphous Semiconductors
Part III: Magnetic Properties
- Review of Topics in Angular Momentum
- Magnetic Effects in Free Atoms
- Diamagnetism and Paramagnetism of Bound Electrons
- Magnetism in Solids
- Paramagnetism of Nearly Free Electrons
- Landau Diamagnetism
- The Quantum Hall Effect
- Magnetic Ordering
- Magnetic Devices
Part IV: Superconducting Properties of Solids
- Review of Superconducting Properties of Solids
- Macroscopic Quantum Description of the Supercurrent
- Microscopic Quantum Description of the Supercurrent
- Superconductivity in High Transition Temperature Cuprate Materials
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