UNSW Handbook Course - Solid State Physics

Solid State Physics - PHYS3080


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Physics
	Contact: Hagon,Susan E.
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 3
	EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 2
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: PHYS2021 or PHYS2040; Corequisite: PHYS3010 or PHYS3210, PHYS3020; Excluded: PHYS3021.
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)

Description

Free electron model of metals, Bloch states and energy bands, reciprocal space and the Fermi surface, electron dynamics, Landau levels. Crystal structure, Brillouin zones, elementary diffraction theory, bonding, cohesive processes, impurity states, impurity conductivity. Lattice vibration, monatomic and diatomic chain, acoustic and optic phonons, Einstein and Debye models, dielectric effects. Recommended corequisites PHYS3010 or PHYS3210 and PHYS3020.

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