Physics PHE403A

Solid State Physics 		Instructor
Dr. Barbara Szpunar
SB 2100
Tel: 6147
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szpunar-b@rmc.ca.


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  Textbook:  Solid State
Physics 		J.R. Hook & H.E. Hall John Wiley & Sons
Second edition
  Simulations:    Simulations for
Solid State Physics   		Robert H. Silsbee
Jörg Dräger 		Cambridge University Press
First edition
  Assigments:    Introduction to
Solid State Physics   		Charles Kittel John Wiley & Sons
Second edition
  Maple:  Calculus
the Maple Way 		R.B. Israel Addison-Wesley Publishers Limited
First edition
  Background eg.:  Modern
Physics 		R.A. Serway, C.J, Moses & C.A. Moyer Sounders College Publishing
Second edition


Evaluation:

  • Test: 25%
  • 5 Assigments/Projects: 75%
Total: 100%:


General List of Topics:
  • CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
  • CRYSTAL DYNAMICS
  • FREE ELECTRONS IN METALS
  • THE EFFECT OF THE PERIODIC LATTICE
    POTENTIAL-ENERGY BANDS
  • SEMICONDUCTORS
  • DIAMAGNETISM AND PARAMAGNETISM
  • MAGNETIC ORDER
  • ELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF INSULATORS
  • SUPERCONDUCTIVITY


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Usefull links for self-study

The atomic structure of materials

Making Matter

Crystal Lattice - Structures

Crystal Structure Applets

Crystal Structure Analysis

Introduction to Diffraction

Texture

Semiconductors

Semiconductor Physics

Superconductors

High Temperature Superconductors

Magnets

Magnets and GMR Materials

Sound (How Stuff Works site)

Compact disc

Optics

Polarizer

Liquid Crystal

Maple

Maple Application Center

* Nobel e-Museum

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