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Solid State Physics Course Overview

This document provides information about a Solid State Physics course at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. It introduces the instructors, HariharaVenkataraman and Kannan Ramaswamy, and instructor-in-charge, HariharaVenkataraman. The course will provide a physical and mathematical understanding of phenomena in crystalline materials. It will also discuss technological applications and fundamental physics of solids. The course plan outlines topics like crystal structure, diffraction of waves by crystals, crystal vibrations, and thermal properties that will be covered.

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Solid State Physics Course Overview

This document provides information about a Solid State Physics course at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. It introduces the instructors, HariharaVenkataraman and Kannan Ramaswamy, and instructor-in-charge, HariharaVenkataraman. The course will provide a physical and mathematical understanding of phenomena in crystalline materials. It will also discuss technological applications and fundamental physics of solids. The course plan outlines topics like crystal structure, diffraction of waves by crystals, crystal vibrations, and thermal properties that will be covered.

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WELCOME

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus


Course No : PHY F341
Course Title : Solid State Physics
Instructors : HariharaVenkataraman and Kannan Ramaswamy
(A - 206) (A - 203)
Instructor-in-charge : HariharaVenkataraman

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus


Introductory Course on Solid State Physics

Physical as well as mathematical understanding of a wide range of


phenomena associated with crystalline matter

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Technological & Basic Physics motivation to study Solid State Physics

Microscopic properties : Responsible for the performance of majority of modern technology

Guidance on the design of circuits needed for modern electronic devices


Gave us the transistor & semiconductor chip!

Fundamental physics needed to understand the microscopic properties of solids

 Understand these properties, the ideas & methods of quantum mechanics must be used.
 Physics of solids is deeply quantum mechanical.
 Best “laboratory” for studying subtle quantum mechanical effects.

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Solid State Physics is linked to materials science, chemistry & engineering.

Recently, it has developed overlaps with biology, biochemistry, biotechnology & medicine.

Solid State Physics : Frontiers of applied science & next generation technologies.

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Solid State Physics discoveries have revealed very interesting phenomenon
1. Superconductivity
2. Quantum Hall Effect

More than 40% of Physics Nobel Prizes in the past 40 years & 50% of those
in the past 10 years have been for work in Solid State Physics!!!!

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Nobel Prize Winner

Professor Hiroshi Amano : Japanese Physicist (Nobel Prize in 2014)


Director of Akasaki Research Center, Nagoya University, Japan
800 Research Papers in International Journals with 20,000 citations

Invention of efficient blue light emitting diodes : Enabled bright and white light sources
21st century will be lit by LED lamps

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Nobel Prize Winner

Professor Venki Ramakrishnan : Nobel Prize in 2009


Medical Research Council Lab, Cambridge University, UK

Determination of high resolution atomic structure of ribosome by X- ray crystallography

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Learning Outcomes

Differentiating between different types of solid materials; their structure and the
structure determination.

Applying the vibrations and waves from Mechanics, Oscillations and Waves course in
understanding the lattice waves and Brillouin zones.

Different models on thermal property studies.

How the energy bands are formed?

Theory and applications of some important materials (semiconductors, magnetic


materials and superconductors) in today’s use.

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Text Book:
Introduction to Solid State Physics, C. Kittel, 7th ed., Wiley (1997)

Reference Book:
• Solid State Physics, N W Ashcroft and N D Mermin, 1st ed., Thomson (1976)

• Elementary Solid State Physics - Principles and Applications, M. Ali Omar,


Pearson

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Course Plan
PART I : Lecture Topics

Crystal Structure :
Fundamental Types of Lattices, Index System for Crystal Planes
Simple Crystal Structures, Direct Imaging of Atomic Structure

Diffraction of waves by crystals :


Wave Diffraction by Crystals, Bragg’s Law, Reciprocal Lattice, Laue
Equations, Brillouin Zones

Crystal Vibrations :
Monatomic and Diatomic Crystals

Thermal Properties :
Einstein and Debye Models of Heat Capacity

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