Updated 09/30/2001

PHYS 422/522 -- Introduction to Solid-State Physics -- Fall 2001

Location:    MP108     Time:   MW 3:40pm - 4:55pm
Prerequisites:    PHYS 309 -- Intro. to Modern Physics,     PHYS 381 (EE 390) -- E.M. Theory
Text:   "Solid State Physics, Second Edition" by J. S. Blakemore (1985)
URL:    http://www.boisestate.edu/physics/hanna/phys522
Instructor:    Dr. Hanna     channa@boisestate.edu     426-4812     MP-423
Office Hours:    Tue and Fri, 3:30pm - 5:00pm, or by appointment

Week Mon date Topics

Part I: Crystals and Lattice Dynamics
(Exam I over Chapters 1 and 2 on Wed Oct 3)
1.  8/27  Types of Bonds; Symmetries and Structures
reading: 1.1;  1.2, 1.3
due 9/3:  H1 = 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.12
2.  9/3  (Labor Day); Crystal Diffraction 
reading: 1.4 
due 9/10:  H2 = 1.14, 1.15, 1.16
3.  9/10  Reciprocal Space; Phonons
reading: 1.5;  2.1
due 9/17: H3 = 1.17, 1.19, 1.21, 2.1
4.  9/17  Models of Lattice Vibrations 
reading: 2.2;  2.3 
due 9/24:  H4 = 2.2, 2.4, 2.6
5.  9/24  Phonon Statistics 
reading: 2.4 
due 10/1:  H5 = 2.7, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13

Part II: Electrons in Metals
(Exam II over Chapter 3 on Mon Oct 29)
*** LAST DAY TO DROP is Fri Oct 5 ***
6.  10/1  Debye Theory; Exam I
reading: 3.1, 3.2 
due 10/8:  H6 = 2.8, 2.15, 2.16
7.  10/8  Theory of Metals
reading: 3.3 
due 10/15: 
8.  10/15  Band Theory of Solids
reading: 3.4
due 10/22: 
9.  10/22  Dynamics of Electron Motion
reading: 3.5 
due 10/29: 

Part III: Semiconductors
(Exam III over Chapter 4 on Mon Nov 26)
10.  10/29  Exam II; Electron Stastistics 
reading: 4.1 
due 11/5: 
11.  11/5  Electron Statistics and Transport 
reading: 4.1;  4.2 
due 11/12: 
12.  11/12  Band Shapes; (Thanksgiving) 
reading: 4.3
due 11/19: 
13.  11/19  p-n Junction 
reading: 4.4 
due 11/26: 

Part IV: Dielectrics, Magnets, and Superconductors
(Final Exam over all chapters on Wed Dec 19)
14.  11/26 Exam III; Dielectrics 
reading: 5.1
due 12/3: 
15.  12/3  Magnetism
reading: 5.2
due 12/10: 
16.  12/10  Superconductivity
reading: 3.6
due 12/19: 

*** FINAL EXAM (Comprehensive) on Wed Dec 19, 3:30-5:30pm in MP401 ***
GOALS: To obtain a basic understanding of the electronic properties of different materials (metals, insulators, semiconductors, magnets, superconductors), based on the application of classical and quantum physics principles. This will be accomplished through lecture and discussion of selected topics in class, through group exercises, and by students working through the assigned parts of text, including all assigned homework problems. Assessment will come from the tests, which will be based on the assigned parts of the text, the assigned homework problems, and the lectures.

PREREQUISITES: The official prerequisite for the course is Permission of Instructor. In practice, this requires that you have passed (grade C or better) physics courses in Introductory Modern Physics (PHYS 309) and Electromagnetic Theory (PHYS 381 / EE 390), and all the math prerequisites and co-requisites that those two courses require.

EXAMS: 75% of your grade is based on the exams. ALL EXAMS WILL BE COUNTED, AND NO MAKE-UP EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN. There will be three in-class exams (worth 15% each) and a comprehensive two-hour final exam (worth 30%). The exams will be based on the assigned homework problems, the assigned readings in the text, and the lectures. You may bring one 8.5" by 11" sheet of formulas for each one-hour exam. Your formula sheet must be labeled at the top by exam number, be signed and handwritten by you, and turned in with your exam. Your formula sheet should contain only numbered formulas from those sections of the chapters that are covered on the exam, and you must write the textbook equation number next to each formula. No other comments, drawing, or other information are allowed on the formula sheet. It is your responsibility to know the meaning of every symbol on your formula sheet, and to understand the meaning, applicability, and use of every equation you include on your formula sheet.

HOMEWORK: 25% of your grade is based on the homework.  Homework is due at the beginning of class on the date listed, and NO LATE HOMEWORK WILL BE ACCPTED.  Make sure that you can work and understand every homework problem assigned, because homework problems will form the basis for many of the exam problems. If you have not worked and understood the homework problems, you will probably do poorly on the exams.

ACADEMIC HONESTY: Although you are encouraged to discuss the class lectures, readings, and assignments with your classmates, all the work that you turn in must be your own. NO CHEATING OR PLAGIARISM (PRESENTING OTHER PEOPLE'S WORK AS IF IT WERE YOUR OWN) WILL BE TOLERATED, INCLUDING ANY USE OF HOMEWORK SOLUTIONS FOUND ON THE WEB. If you make use of sources besides the class lectures or textbooks, you must provide explicit written references to the sources you used. Failure to follow this rule or any others listed in the Academic Handbook could have drastic consequences, including (but not limited to) ejection from the course with a failing grade.

GRADING:    A = 88 - 100,   B = 75 - 88,   C = 60 - 75,   D = 45 - 60

WEB RESOURCES: Atom-in-a-box
A Small Selection of Science in LASSP
Magnetic Excitations in Ferromagnets
3D crystal structures in VRML
Fourier Series
Hysteresis-loop
Charged particle motion in E/M Field
Formation of a PN Junction Diode and its Band Diagram !
Fermi Level vs. Carrier Concentration and Doping of Donor and Acceptor Impurities
Diffusion,Drift,Recombination
Schrödinger Wave Equation Simulation
Notes on Modern Physics
Physics 2000