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This course aims at providing students with the essential concepts of solid state physics and an understanding of the properties of matter. The properties of solids are discussed using skills and concepts acquired in the fundamental subjects in physics. The course thus also serves to illustrate how physical concepts can be applied to explain the various properties of solids. Topics include: crystal lattices and structures, wave diffraction and reciprocal lattice, lattice vibrations, thermal properties of insulators, metallic behavior and free electron gas, energy bands, semiconductor physics and devices, magnetic properties, dielectric properties, and superconductivity. This is a capstone core course (subject matter) normally taken in final year of study.
Prof. GOH Swee Kuan
Office: SC 304, Tel: 3943-6155
Email: skgoh@phy.cuhk.edu.hk
Consultation Hour: Monday 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Mr. ZHANG Wei
Office: SC 315
Email: wzhang@phy.cuhk.edu.hk
Consultation Hour: Thursday 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm
Mr. YIP King Yau
Office: SC 315
Email: kyyip@phy.cuhk.edu.hk
Consultation Hour: Tuesday 2:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Mr. BAO Kejie
Office: SC 315
Email: kjbao@phy.cuhk.edu.hk
Consultation Hour: Wednesday 10:30 am - 12:15 pm
Monday 2:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Wednesday 4:30 pm - 6:15 pm
Online lectures; access link will be sent to registered students
Wednesday 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm
Thursday 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm
Online classes; access link will be sent to registered students
Steven H. Simon, The Oxford Solid State Basics, OUP, 2013.
Charles Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, John Wiley & Sons, 1976, 1996.
R. J. Richard Christman, Fundamentals of Solid State Physics, Wiley 1988. J. M. Ziman, Principles of the Theory of Solids, Cambridge University Press 1972. James D. Livingston, Electronic Properties of Engineering Materials, Wiley 1999. John Singleton, Band Theory and Electronic Properties of Solids, OUP, 2001. John J. Quinn and Kyung-Soo Yi, Solid State Physics: Principles and Modern Applications, Springer-Verlag 2009.[electronic version]
Neil W. Ashcroft and N. David Mermin, Solid State Physics, Saunders 1976. M. A. Omar, Elementary Solid State Physics : Principles and Applications, Addison-Wesley 1975. O. Madelung, Introduction to Solid-State Theory, Springer-Verlag 1978. Harald Ibach and Hans Luth, Solid-State Physics : An Introduction to Theory and Experiment, Springer-Verlag 1991. Micheal de Podesta, Understanding the Properties of Matter, Taylor & Francis 2002. Richard Dalven, Introdution to Applied Solid State Physics, Plenum 1990. R. A. Smith, Wave Mechanics of Crystalline Solids, Chapman & Hall 1969. S. Blundell, Magnetism in Condensed Matter, Oxford Univ. Press, 2001.
Homework 30 % Mid-term test [on 28 Oct 2020 (Wednesday)] 25 % Final examination 45 %
Crystal structures Reciprocal lattices Elastic scattering of waves Lattice vibrations Thermal properties (phonon) Electron states in solids Band Theory Thermal properties (electron) Transport properties Thermal conduction Superconductivity Magnetic properties