OPTICS PHYS 302

SOLID STATE PHYSICS - PHYS 430

MW: 11:00 am - 12:15 pm

Instructor: Dr. W. Rudolph

TA: Satish Kasarla

Room 5, Physics Bldg

wrudolph@unm.edu

srk@unm.edu

Text:

Ch. Kittel: Introduction to Solid State Physics

Wiley

office: R1107

office hours: Tue: 10 - 12 am

problems session:

Mo: 1:00 - 1:45

Room 4

office hours: Mo: 2 - 4 pm

Room 38

Topics:

Grading:

Homework Policy:

Crystal structure
Reciprocal lattice
Crystal binding
Phonons - thermal properties
Free-electron gas
Energy bands
Semiconductor crystals
Semiconductor pn-junction
Fermi surfaces and metals
Miscellaneous (superconductivity, dielectric properties, excitons, magnetic properties, ...)

Homework 25%
Midterm I 20%
Midterm II 20%
Final 35%

The HW must be turned in on the due date before class. We do not accept late HW, but the lowest HW score will be discarded at the end of the semester.

Midterm 1: Feb 20

Midterm 2 : Apr 3

Final: May 10, 10:00 - 12:00

Homework:

HW	Assignment	Due	Solution
1	HW1.PDF	01/30	HW1-SOL.PDF
2	HW2.PDF	02/08	HW2-SOL.PDF
3	HW3.PDF	02/15	HW3-SOL.PDF
4	HW4.PDF	02/22	HW4-SOL.PDF
	Midterm 1		Midterm1-Sol.PDF
5	HW5.PDF	03/06	HW5-SOL.PDF
6	HW6.PDF	03/22	HW6-SOL.PDF
	Midterm 2	04/03	Midterm2-Sol.PDF
7	HW7.PDF	04/05	HW7-SOL.PDF
8	HW8.PDF	04/17	HW8-SOL.PDF
9	HW9.PDF	04/24	HW9-SOL.PDF
10	HW10.PDF	05/01	HW10-SOL.PDF
11	HW11.PDF		HW11-SOL.PDF
Final		5/10