PHYS 353 Solid State Physics
Spring 2004 – Independent Study
Dr. Johnny B. Holmes

Catalog description: An introductory study of the physics of solids including crysal lattice vibrations and waves, the free electron model, electron energy bands, semiconductor electrical properties, junctions, and optical properties.. Prerequisites PHYS 252 and MATH 232.

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Note: The diagrams in the word documents referred to below may not be complete.,

Syllabus for PHYS 353 word document

• Study Guide for Part 1 Crystal Structure word document
• Crystal Structures word document
• Fourier Series Review word document
• Fourier Series Example word document and excel spreadsheet
• Bragg Diffraction (rough and simple) word document
• Bragg Diffraction (fundamental) word document
• Brilluoin Zone word document
• Temperature Dependence on the Diffracted X-rays word document

• Study Guide for Part 2 Lattice Vibrations and Phonons word document
• Introduction word document
• Taylor Series Review word document
• Group Velocity word document
• Monatomic Lattice Vibrations word document
• Lattice with 2 Atoms per Primitive Cell word document
• Phonons: Quantization of Lattice Vibrations word document
• Boltzmann Distribution word document
• Lattice Heat Capacity word document
• Debye Model of Lattice Heat Capacity word document
• Thermal Expansion word document
• Thermal Conductivity word document

• Study Guide for Part 3 Free Electron Fermi Gas and Energy Bands word document
• Introduction word document
• One Free Electron word document
• The Free Electron Fermi Gas word document
• Heat Capacity (due to “free” electrons) word document
• Electrical Conductivity (DC) word document
• Hall Effect word document
• Thermal Conductivity of Metals word document
• Nearly Free Electron Fermi Gas word document
• Electrons in a Periodic Potential word document
• The Central Equation word document
• Approximate Solution Near the Zone Boundary word document

• Study Guide for Part 4 Semiconductors word document
• Holes word document
• Effective Mass word document
• Intrinsic Carrier Concentration word document
• Extrinsic Carrier Concentration word document
• Thermoelectric Effects word document
• Semiconductor Devices: the P-N junction word document
• Diodes word document
• Transistors word document
• Metal-Semiconductor Junctions word document

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