Advanced Solid State Physics

SS10

Lecturer: Prof. Martin Weinelt

Link at Condensed Matter in HyperPhysics

Ergebnisse der ersten Klausur: Results.pdf

Die zweite Klausur ist am Donnerstag, den 7. Oktober 2010, Zeit: 10:00 s.t. - 12:00, Ort: HS A

Exercise courses

Wednesday 10 - 12 - Arnimallee 14 SR T1 (1.3.21)
Wednesday 14 - 16 - Arnimallee 14 SR FB (1.1.16)

EX_1.pdf - hand in Wednesday 28.04.
S_EX_1.pdf
EX_2.pdf - hand in Wednesday 05.05.
S_EX_2.pdf
EX_3.pdf - hand in Wednesday 12.05.
S_EX_3.pdf
EX_4.pdf - hand in Wednesday 19.05.
S_EX_4.pdf
EX_5.pdf - hand in Wednesday 26.05.
S_EX_5.pdf
EX_6.pdf - hand in Wednesday 02.06.
S_EX_6.pdf
EX_7.pdf - hand in Wednesday 09.06.
S_EX_7.pdf
EX_8.pdf - hand in Wednesday 16.06. extended to 23.06
S_EX_8.pdf
EX_9.pdf - hand in Wednesday 07.07

Advanced Solid State Physics

Chapter 0 – Introduction / magnetite

Chapter I – Free Electrons in metals

1. Electron density
2. Electrical and thermal conductivity (Drude, Lorenz, Wiedemann-Franz)
3. From k-space to energy integrals and the density of states
4. Electrostatic screening (Thomas-Fermi, Mott, Friedel)

Chapter II – Bosons and Fermions

1. Statistical entropy
2. Grand canonical and canonical ensemble
3. Wave functions
4. The ideal Fermi and Bose gas
5. Specific heat of electrons

Chapter III – Band theory

1. Bloch theorem
2. Band structure
3. Velocity and effective mass of Bloch electrons
4. Band gaps - electrons in a weak periodic potential
5. Band width - tight-binding

Chapter IV – Measuring Fermi surfaces and band structures

1. The de Haas - van Alphen effect
2. Cyclotron resonance
3. Angle-resolved photoemission

Chapter V– The spectral function

1. Newns-Anderson model
2. The density matrix approach

Chapter VII - Electron - electron interaction

1. The occupation number representation
2. Electron – electron interaction
3. Hartree and Hartree Fock
4. Quasi electrons (The fermion–boson – interaction)
5. High-resolution photoemission („kinkology“)
6. The dielectric response of the electron gas - Lindhard equation
7. Dielectric properties of solids (plasmons, polaritons, Drude and interband absorption)
8. The Fermi liquid theory

Chapter VII – Time resolved photoemission

1. Non-linear optics
2. Ti:Sapphire lasers
3. Two-photon photoemission
4. Dynamics of surface states
5. Hot electrons - dynamics of bulk states

Chapter VIII - Phonons

1. The adiabatic approximation
2. Lattice vibrations - phonons

Chapter IX - Electron - phonon interaction

Chapter X - Superconductivity

supporting material

 updated 21.07.2010 MW