480-6016/01 – Theory of Solids (TPL)
| Gurantor department | Department of Physics | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Dr. RNDr. Jiří Luňáček | Subject version guarantor | prof. Dr. RNDr. Jiří Luňáček |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type B |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2018/2019 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | USP, FEI, HGF | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Explain basic ideas in the solid state physics – free electrons and the band model
Collect and interpret fundamental differences between metals and semiconductors
Collect and explain basic sort of magnetism in solid state physics
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Summary
This subject creates introduction to the solid-state theory. The quantum and
statistics theory background are supposed. Students take up with basic
principles, models and approximations used for theoretical study of the metal
and semiconductor materials.
Compulsory literature:
KITTEL, CH.: Introduction to Solis State Physics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
1976, p. 598.
COHEN, M. L., Louie, S. G.: Fundamentals of Condensed Matter Physics, Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Recommended literature:
WERT, CH.A., THOMSON, R.M.: Physics of Solids. McGraw Hill, Inc., 1964,
p.436.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Assignment and elaboration of research on a given topic, close to the dissertation.
E-learning
None
Other requirements
The basic physics courses and Solid State Physics must be finished.
Prerequisities
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. BASIC APROXIMATION IN THE SOLID STATE PHYSICS
General formula, adiabatic approximation, Hartree - Fock method, approach of tight binding electrons, Wigner - Seitz method, pseudopotential method
2. FERMI GAS FREE ELECTRONICS
Energy levels, density of statea, electron gas, specific heat of electron gas, electrical conductivity and Ohm's law, thermal conductivity of metals
3. LATTICE VIBRATION AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF SOLID STATES
Oscillations of single -lattice, lattice vibration quantization, phonon, specific lattice heat - models, thermal expansion and thermal conductivity
4. ENERGY BANDS
Model of nearly free electrons, Bloch function, Krönig-Penney model, electron wave equation in periodic potential, metals and isolators
5. SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTALS
Forbidden band, motion equations of the electron in the energy band, holes, effective mass, basic parameters of the band structure, types of semiconductors
6. FERMI'S SURFACE AND METALS
Constructing of Fermi surfaces,
7. DIAMAGNETISM AND PARAMAGNETISM
Classical theory of diamagnetism (Langevin), classical theory of paramagnetism (Langevin)
8. FEROMAGNETISM AND ANTIFEROMAGNETISM
Classical theory of ferromagnetism (Weiss), ferromagnetic domains, classical theory of anti-ferromagnetism (Neel)
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction