Course Information
PHYS 4820/6820
Fall 2006
MWF 11:15 - 12:05, Room 302
PHYS
4820 is one-semester course on
Instructor: Dr. U.
Happek
Room 236,
uhappek@physast.uga.edu
(706) 542-2859
Office
Hours: MWF
Textbook:
Band Theory and Electronic Properties of Solids
John
Singleton,
Web
Page:
Course
information, including homework assignments and solutions will be posted on
http://www.physast.uga.edu/classes/phys4820
Topics:
The
topics given below might be subject to changes, and such changes will be
announced in class and on the course website.
Each
student is fully responsible to keep track of such changes by attending the
class.
i. Crystal
Structure, JS App. A
ii. X-ray Scattering
iii. Metals, Mostly JS,
Chapter 1
iv. Bloch's Theorem
Mostly JS, Chapter 2
iv. The Nearly Free Electron Model
Mostly JS, Chapter 3
v. The Tight Binding Model
Mostly JS, Chapter 4
vi. Bandstructure, Effective
Mass, Density of States
Mostly JS, Chapter 5
vii. Semiconductors and Insulators
Mostly JS, Chapter 5
viii. Doped Semiconductors
ix. Phonons
x. Superconductivity
xi. The Quantum Hall Effect
Homework:
Homework
will be assigned weekly and posted on the web page. Late submissions will not
be accepted.
Tests:
There
will be three tests during the semester, and a Final Presentation at the end of
the semester.
Grading:
Homework:
40%,
Tests:
40%,
Final
Presentation: 20%.
Grading
Scale: 85 - 100:
A
70 - 84: B
55 - 69: C
45
- 54: D
0 - 44: F
Withdrawals:
The
Instructor will follow the University rules in dealing with requests for
withdrawals.
Books:
Kittel,
Ashcroft
and Mermin,
(graduate level)