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.