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lecture 17
density of states, van Hove singularities, weak potential approximation for electron eigenstates, velocity near a Bragg plane
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3
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4
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5
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6
lecture 18
band structure in the weak potential approximation, metals and insulators, Bravais lattice with a basis
HW #4 due
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7
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8
lecture 19
Brillouin Zones and the Fermi surface in the weak potential approximation, tight binding approximation for band structure, the s-band
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9
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10
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11
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12
lecture 20
Fermi surface in tight binding, hybridization of atomic orbitals, variational derivation of tight binding
make-up lecture 2 pm in BL 480
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13
lecture 21
tight binding band structure for graphene
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14
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15
lecture 22
spin-orbit interaction, some discussion of real metals
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16
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17
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18
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19
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lecture 23
semiclassical equations of motion, Bloch oscillations, effective mass, holes
HW #5 due
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22
Thanksgiving break
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Thanksgiving break
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24
Thanksgiving break
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25
Thanksgiving break
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lecture 24
motion in perpendicular electric and magnetic fields
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lecture 25
Hall effect and magnetoresistance from closed and open orbits
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30
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