Tue.
10:30 -11:30 |
Fri.
10:00- 12:00 |
Teacher |
Outline |
9/15 |
9/18 |
Yu |
Chap. 2 Structure p. 9~29 (20)- 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Basic properties 2.3 Examples of crystal structures 2.4 Miller indices 2.5 Surface-to volume ratio |
9/22 |
9/25 |
Yu |
Chap. 3 Length Scales p. 29~61 (32)- 3.1 Introduction 3.2 de Broglie wavelength 3.3 The Bohr radius 3.4 Excitons 3.5 Confinement regimes 3.6 Metals 3.7 The Fermi energy, Fermi velocity, and Kubo gap 3.8 The mean free path in metals 3.9 Charging energy |
9/29 |
10/2 |
Yu |
Review of Linear Algebra |
10/5 |
10/9 |
Song |
Chap. 6 A Quantum Mechanics Review p. 101~137 (36)- 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Wavefunctions 6.3 Observables and the correspondence principle 6.4 Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions |
10/13 |
10/16 |
Song |
6.5 Wave packets 6.6 Expectation values 6.7 Dirac bra-ket notation 6.8 Operator math 6.9 More on operators |
10/20 |
10/23 |
Song |
6.10 Commutators 6.11 More commutator relationships 6.12 The uncertainty principle 6.13 The Schrodinger equation |
10/27 |
10/30 |
Song |
6.14 The postulates of quantum mechanics 6.15 Time-independent, nondegenerate perturbation theory |
11/3 |
11/6 |
Yu |
Chap. 7 Model Quantum Mechanics Problem p.137~179 (42)- 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Standard model problems 7.3 Model problems for wells, wires, and dots |
11/10 |
11/13 |
Yu |
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11/17 |
11/20 |
Yu |
Chap. 8 Additional Model Problems p.179~203 (24)- 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Particle in a finite one-dimensional box 8.3 Particle in an infinite circular box 8.4 Harmonic oscillator (This chapter can be omitted if there is not enough time. It is more important that the students do some calculation.) |
11/24 |
11/27 |
Yu |
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12/1 |
12/4 |
Song |
Chap. 11 Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory p.275~294(19)- 11.1 Introduction 11 .2 Time-dependent perturbation theory 11.3 Example: A two-level system 11.4 Rates (This Chap. can be mentioned before Ch.9 without derivation, just making use of the formulas and practice doing the calculations. ) Chap. 9 Density of states p.203~239 (36) 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Density of states for bulk materials, wells, wires, and dots 9.3 Population of the conduction and valence bands 9.4 Quasi-Fermi levels 9.5 Joint density of states |
12/8 |
12/11 |
Song |
Chap. 10 Bands p. 239~275 (36) (This chapter involves many concepts and need some supplemental material.)- 10.1 Introduction 10.2 The Kronig-Penney model 10.3 Kronig-Penney model with delta-function barriers |
12/15 |
12/18 |
Song |
10.4 Other band models 10.5 Metals, semiconductors, and insulators |
12/22 |
12/25 |
Song |
Surface state, localized impurity state, band bending, pn junction |
12/29 |
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Song |
Chap. 11 revisited |
1/5 |
1/8 |
Song |
Chap. 12 lnterband Transitions p.295~344 (49)- 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Preliminaries: -u¡P E versus -(q/m0)A ¡P p 12.3 Back to transition probabilities 12.4 Bulk semiconductor 12.5 Equivalence of H(1) ¡×-(q/m0)A ¡P P and H(1) ¡×-u¡PE 12.6 Multiple states 12.7 Fermi's golden rule and the associated transition rate 12.8 Absorption coefficient £\ 12.9 Transitions in low-dimensional semiconductors |
1/12 |
1/15 |
Song |
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