EPC2: Solid State Physics 2
This is the last lecture in the experimental physics cycle of the bachelor program. It deals mainly with electronic properties of solids, such as the conductivity of metals or the band structure of semiconductors. Microscopic models of magnetism and superconductivity are introduced.
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Lecture Notes (German)
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Contents
- 1 Heat conduction and anharmonic effects
- 2 Fermi gas
- 3 Electrons in solids
- 4 Crystal electrons in a magnetic field
- 5 Semiconductors
- 6 Superconductors
- 7 Magnetism
- 8 Optical properties
- 9 Nanostructures
Appendix
- A Julia and Pluto
- B Band gaps
- C Fourier transformation