Solid State Physics (II)

Instructors:

Dr. Alec Maassen van den Brink 馬尚德, alec@gate.sinica.edu.tw

Dr. Jung-Hsin Lin 林榮信, jhlin@gate.sinica.edu.tw

Dr. Jau Tang 湯朝暉, jautang@gate.sinica.edu.tw

Place: IoP, 5F, the 3rd Meeting Room

Outline:

Dates	Topics (Key Contents)	Reading: Christman (C) or Grosso & Parravicini (GP)
2/19	Magnetism I	C Sec.11.1-11.3
2/26	Magnetism II	C Sec. 11.4-11.6
3/4	Superconductivity I	C Sec. 13.1-13.2
3/11	Superconductivity II	C Sec.13.3-13.4
3/18	Macroscopic quantum phenomena	TBA
3/25	1st Exam	10-11:30
4/1	The Hartree-Fock theory and the density functional theory for many electrons.	GP Sec. 4.1-4.8
4/8	Band theory of crystals	GP Sec. 5.1-5.8
4/15	Electronic properties of some crystals	GP Sec. 6.1-6.4
4/22	Excitons, plasmons, and dielectric screening in crystals	GP Sec. 7.1-7.9
4/29	Interacting electronic-nuclear systems and the adiabatic principle	GP Sec. 8.1-8.6
5/6	2nd Exam	10-11:30
5/13	1) Overview of the 3rd session classes and term paper project assignment;. 2)Ultrafast lattice dynamics of laser-heated metals by electron diffraction and optical transient absorption	Dr. Jau Tang
5/20	Introduction to density functional and its application	Dr. Ching-TarngLiang
5/27	Nano-plasmonics	Dr. Pei-Kuen Wei
6/3	Conductance of single molecular junctions	Dr. Chao-Cheng Kaun
6/10	Linear and Nonlinear optical & Transportation properties of Semiconductors and Dielectrics	Dr. Li-Chuan Tang
6/17	Term paper presentation by students	host: Dr. Jau Tang

Textbooks:

J. R. Christman, “Fundamentals of SolidState Physics”, John Wiley & Sons (1988); G.

Grosso & G. P. Parravicini, “SolidState Physics”, Academic Press (2000).

Grading:

Homeworks: 30%, Attendance 10%, 1st Exam: 20%, 2nd Exam: 20%, 3rd Exam: 20%

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