Syllabus | Paper Solid State Physics | Code 09020201

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2.Crystal structures and lattices with basis,

3. Lattice planes and Miller indices

4.Simple crystal structures- Sodium chloride, Cesium chloride

5.Diamond, and Zinc-blende structures

6.Determination of crystal structure by diffraction: 7.Reciprocal lattice and

8.Brillouin zones (examples of sc, bcc and fcc lattices), 9.Bragg and Laue formulations of X-ray diffraction by a crystal and their equivalence

10.Laue equations, Ewald construction, Brillouin interpretation

11.Crystal and atomic structure factors, Structure factor of the bcc andfcc lattices

12. Experimental methods of structure analysis: Types of probe beam, the Laue, rotating crystal and powder methods.

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2.Vibrations of crystals with monatomic basis-Dispersion relation,

3. First Brillouin zone, Group velocity,

4.Two atoms per primitive basis- acoustical andoptical modes;

5.Quantization of lattice vibration: Phonons, Phonon momentum,

6.Inelastic scattering of neutrons by phonons;

7.Thermal properties: Lattice (phonon) heat capacity, Normal modes,

8.Density of states in one and three dimensions,

9.Models of Debye and Einstein;

10.Effects due to anharmonic crystal interactions,

11. Thermal expansion.

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2.Density of states, Fermi energy,

3.Effect of temperature, Heat capacity of the electron gas, 4.Experimental heat capacity of metals, Thermal effective mass,

5. Electrical conductivity and Ohm’s law, Hall effect; 6.Failure of the free electron gas model and Band theory of solids:

7.Periodic potential and Block’s theorem,

8.Kronig-Penney model, Wave equation of electron in a periodic potential,

9.Solution of the central equation, Approximate solution near a zone boundary,

10.Periodic, extended and reduced zone schemes of energy band representation,

11.Number of orbitals in an energy band,

12.Classification into metals, semiconductors and insulators;

13. Tight binding method and its application to sc and bcc structures.

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2.Destruction of superconductivity by magnetic field, Meissner effect,

3.Type I and type II superconductors,

4.Entropy, Free energy, Heat capacity, Energy gap

5.Microwave and infrared properties, Isotope effect; 6.Theoretical survey: Thermodynamics of the superconducting transition,

7.London equation, Coherence length,

8. Salient features of the BCS theory of superconductivity, 9.BCS ground state; Flux quantization in a superconducting ring;

10. Dc and Ac Josephson effects;

11.Macroscopic long-range quantum interference

12.High Tc superconductors (introduction only).

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