PHYS 371 Solid State Physics (1)

 Course Description:
Definition of the Solid State and Crystal Growth, Crystalline Amorphous and Nano solids, Atomic Binding, Crystal Lattices and Structures, Miller indices Elastic Constants, Crystal Defects, Fourier Analysis of Periodic Structures, Reciprocal Lattice, Xray Diffraction, Brillouin Zones, Lattice Vibrations and Phonons, Thermal properties of Solids, Einstein and Debye Models of Heat Capacity, Phonon Density of States, Planck Distribution. Free Electron (Fermi gas) model, Electron Density of States, Electrical, thermal and optical properties of the Electron Gas.