Course Language:
English
Course Objectives:
The aim of this course is to give the undergraduate students in Physics and graduate students in Elec. Eng. Some theoretical background for the inner structures, electrical and thermal conduction in the conducting, semiconducting and insulating materials that they use in applications by introducing the statistical distributions valid for such processes.
Course Content:
Crystal structure, Chemical bonds, Lattice, Bragg diffraction, Reciprocal lattice, Brillouin zones, Bloch functions, Phonons, Density of states, Effective mass, Fermi-Dirac distribution, Bosons and fermions, Fermi level, Einstein and Debye models, Fermi surfaces and metals, Energy bands, Quantum mechanical basis, Carrier concentrations in semiconductors, Silicon and germanium, Semiconductor devices, Temperature dependence of conductivity (in metals and semiconductors), Thermal and optical characteristics of dielectrics, Polarization, Defects, Magnetic properties of matter, Ferromagnetism, Paramagnetism, Superconductivity (types I and II), Meissner effect, BCS theory, Amorphous semiconductors.
Course Methodology:
1: Lecture, , 5: Problem Solving, 15:Homework
Course Evaluation Methods:
A: Testing, B: Final, C:Homework