Solid-state Physcis (II)

Credits: 3

Lecturer: Chang, Yia-Chung 張亞中教授

Class hour: Thursday, 13:30-16:20

Outline:

Week #	Date	Content
1	2/24	Electronic states of Solids
2	3/3	Density functional theory
3	3/10	Ab initio methods for computing electronic states of solids
4	3/17	Introduction of Computation packages (Abinit, WIEN2k, LASTO)
5	3/24	Empirical methods (k.p, tight-binding, bond-orbital methods)
6	3/31	Electronic states of quantum wells/superlattices and quantum wires
7	4/7	Electron transport through heterostructures
8	4/14	Applications of quantum well/wire devices
9	4/21	Computation packages for heterostructures
10	4/28	Mid Term Exam (期中考)
11	5/5	Electronic states of quantum dots and nanostructures
12	5/12	Electron transport through nanojunctions
13	5/19	Computation packages for nanostructures
14	5/26	Phonon modes of solids
15	6/2	Phonon modes of heterostructures & nanostructures
16	6/9	Introduction of nanophotonics
17	6/16	Computation packages for nanophotonics
18	6/23	Final Exam (期末考)