PHYS 4454 - Introductory Solid State Physics

(crosslisted) AEP 4500
(PBS-AS, PHS-AS)

Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Highly recommended prerequisite: PHYS 4443, AEP 3620, or CHEM 7930. Co-meets with AEP 5502.

D. Muller.

Introduction to the physics of crystalline solids. Covers crystal structures; diffraction; electronic states and density functional theory; lattice vibrations; and metals, insulators, and semiconductors. Covers optical properties, magnetism, and superconductivity as time allows. The majority of the course addresses the foundations of the subject, but time is devoted to modern and/or technologically important topics such as quantum size effects. At the level of Introduction to Solid State Physics by Kittel or Solid State Physics by Ashcroft and Mermin.