Standard Course Syllabus
Physics 3200
Solid State Physics  

Date Approved:  8 March 2008

Offered: Spring Semester biannually.

 Prerequisites for this Course: Physics 2740 (may also be taken concurrently).

 This course is a prerequisite for: None.

 Credit Hours: Three.  Three hours of lecture per week.

 Example Text: Physics and Chemistry of Materials by Gerstein and Smith

 Topics Covered: Orders of magnitude in solid state physics.  Crystal lattices.  Amorphous solids.  Scattering of waves and x-ray diffraction.  Bonding in solids.  Atomic vibrations.  Electron states.  Thermodynamics of phonons and electrons.  Semiconductors.  Classical and modern theories of conduction.  Semiconductor device physics.  Modern silicon technology.  Characterization techniques.

 Skills Emphasized: General problem solving.  Working with scanning probe microscopes.