Solid State Physics
Tampere University
Core content:
· Different bonding types of solids
· Basics of crystalline structures, concept of unit cell, the lattice points and the basis of the lattice
· Main principles of X-ray diffraction
· Mechanical properties of materials, stress, strain, deformations and the stress–strain curve Thermal properties of materials, and their microscopic origins: lattice vibrations and their dispersion relations, one-dimensional chain of atoms
· Eectronic properties of metals, free and nearly-free electron models, density of states, tight-binding model(s)
· Basics of semiconductors: pn-junction, doping of semiconductors, Hall effect
· Properties of dielectric materials, frequency-dependent polarizability and permittivity
Complementary knowledge:
· Reciprocal lattice description of solids, Brillouin zone
· Basic semiconductor components: diode, transistor, LED, photovoltaic cell
· Screening of the electric field
· Fundamentals of magnetism: diagmagnetism and paramagnetism, magnetic ordering Fundamentals of superconductivity: BCS-theory, London equations, Meissner effect
Special knowledge:
· Dispersion relations of three-dimensional solids
· Low-dimensional systems, quantum confinement
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