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PHY 521/321:
Condensed Matter Physics I
Prof. S. Teitel stte@pas.rochester.edu ---- Spring 2010
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lecture 18
electrons in a periodic potential, crystal momentum and band index, band structure, velocity of a Bloch electron state
HW 4 due
make-up lecture, 12:30 pm in BL 480
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5
lecture canceled
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6
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lecture 19
density of states, weak potential approximation, velocity near a Bragg plane
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lecture 20
lecture 20
band structure in weak potential approximation, metals, insulators, Brillouin zones and Fermi surface
make-up lecture, 12:30 pm in BL 480
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10
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11
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12
lecture 21
tight binding s-band
HW 5 due
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13
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14
lecture 22
tight binding, hybridization, graphene
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15
lecture 23
graphene continued, Wanier functions
make-up lecture, 12:30 pm in BL 480
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lecture 24
spin-orbit interaction, real metals
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lecture 25
semiclassical equations of motion, effective mass, holes, Bloch oscillations
HW 6 due
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lecture 26
motion in perpendicular electric and magnetic fields, Hall coefficient and magnetoresistance from closed orbits
make-up lecture, 12:30 pm in BL 480
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lecture 27
effect of open orbits on transport properties, lattice vibrations
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lecture 28
acoustic and optical phonons, Born-Oppenheimer approximation, Bohm-Staver relation for the speed of sound
HW 7 due
last day of classes
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reading period
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30
reading period
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