Physics 375 Solid State
Physics Spring
(12) 2003
Instructor: Mark Taylor Office: Gerstacker 118
Phone: 569-5241
email: taylormp
Office Hours: MWF 2:00-5:00, T 10:00-1:00, Th 1:00-6:00
Meeting Times: MWF 9:30-10:50; Gerstacker 10
Textbook: Introductory Solid State Physics, 2nd edition, by H.P. Myers
Course Overview: This
course will provide an introduction to the concepts and methods of solid state
physics. The general area of condensed matter physics is quite broad and the
range of applications is huge, especially in the areas of materials and
electronics. Our studies will
focus on the mechanical, thermal, electrical, and magnetic properties of
crystalline solids. These topics
require a number of different theoretical approaches the most important of
which will be statistical and quantum mechanics. In the lab we will use X-ray scattering techniques to probe
the structure of crystalline solids and carry out bulk electrical and thermal
measurements to elucidate the electronic properties of semiconductors.
Links to pdf files:
Course Information Sheet Syllabus
Problem Set 01 Problem Set 07 Experiment 2 (Laue Diffraction)
Problem Set 02 Problem Set 08 Experiment 3 (Bragg Diffraction)
Problem Set 03 Problem Set 09 Experiment 4 (Debye-Scherrer)
Problem Set 04 Problem Set 10 Experiment 5 (Band Gap)