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Instructors: Prof. Dr. Olena Gomonay; Prof. Dr. Jairo Sinova
Event type:
Lecture/practice class
Displayed in timetable as:
08.128.180
Hours per week:
6
Credits:
9,0
Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
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Requirements / organisational issues:
The course is given in English. We use Teams for on-line discussions and pre-recorded Panopto video lectures accesible through the course site. We also provide ppt presentations of the lectures.
Compulsory attendance:
We anticipate active participation in the discussions of the course content (flipped classroom)
Contents:
The course is oriented on the bachelor/master students willing to work in the field of the condensed matter physics. The course consists of two part: basics of the condensed matter physics (08.128.180) in summer semester and advanced course (M.08.128.640) that includes special sections such as spintronics, magnetism, transport phenomena, numerical approaches in winter semester.
The basic course focuses on the main concepts and phenomena in solid state physics, such as crystal symmetry, electronic structure, dynamics of the crystal lattice. We discuss different transport and optical effects in line with the recent development in the field. Some of the topics could be additionally included on demand.
Main topics
- Crystal lattices. Symmetries. Determination of crystal structures.
- Noninteracting electrons in a periodic potential. Electrons in a weak periodic potential. The tight-binding methods. Dynamics of Bloch electrons. Semiclassical dynamics and quantizing effects.
- Dynamics of the lattice. Classical and quantum theories of the harmonic crystal. Anharmonic effects in crystals.
- Transport phenomena.
- Semiconductors. Optical properties of semiconductors.
- Magnetism and spintronics.
- Topological effects.
Recommended reading list:
1. M. P. Marder. Condensed Matter Physics. Wiiley, 2010.
2. N. W. Ashcroft; N. D. Mermin. Solid State Physics. Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Saunders college, 1976.
3. R. Gross and A. Marx. Festkörperphysik. De Gruyter Studium, 2014.
4. Ch. Kittel: Quantum Theory of Solids, Wiley, 1987
Digital teaching:
The course is organised as a flipped classroom in which the students watch online lectures and collaborate in online discussions under the teacher's guidance.
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