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PHYS646 — Spring 2021

PHYS646: Electron Theory of Solids II (PAST/FUTURE SEMESTER)

Offering:
Spring, Class 3, cr. 3.


Prerequisites:
PHYS 645
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Description:
Crystal imperfections, impurities and lattice defects. Magnetic properties: diamagnetic effects, paramagnetism, ferromagnetism, resonance phenomena. Ferroelectricity. Optical properties of metals and semiconductors; interband and intra-band transitions, excitons, effects of crystal imperfections.


Instructor(s):
CARLSON, ERICA


Email:
ewcarlson@purdue.edu


Textbook(s) for Spring 2021

Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher Req/Opt Notes
Solid State Physics Ashcroft/Mermin 1st 978-0030839931 Cengage Learning Required
Solid State Physics: Essential Concepts David Snoke 2nd 978-1107191983 Cambridge University Press Required

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