This page contains lecture notes for the Electronic and Optical units. The Magnetics unit was taught by co-instructor David Paul; that material is not available at this time. For each lecture, slides are presented in two versions: the annotated slides with in-class markup by Prof. Marzari, and the original un-annotated versions.
Lecture notes files.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
LECTURES |
UN-ANNOTATED |
| Electronic - Nicola Marzari |
| 1 |
From particles to waves: the Schrödinger equation |
(PDF - 1.7 MB) |
(PDF - 1.3 MB) |
| 2 |
The mechanics of quantum mechanics: operators, expectation values |
(PDF - 1.8 MB) |
(PDF) |
| 3 |
Measurements and probabilities
The harmonic oscillator
|
(PDF - 1.3 MB) |
(PDF) |
| 4 |
The hydrogen atom and the periodic table |
(PDF - 1.4 MB) |
(PDF - 1.0 MB) |
| 5 |
Periodicity and phonons |
(PDF) |
(PDF) |
| 6 |
Electrons in a lattice: Bloch's theorem |
(PDF - 1.5 MB) |
(PDF) |
| 7 |
The nearly-free electron model |
(PDF - 2.0 MB) |
(PDF - 1.1 MB) |
| 8 |
The tight-binding model
Band structures
|
(PDF - 3.3 MB) |
(PDF) |
| 9 |
Semiconductors and insulators |
(PDF - 1.5 MB) |
(PDF) |
| 10 |
Band structure engineering |
(PDF - 1.4 MB) |
(PDF) |
| 11 |
Transport of heat and electricity |
(PDF - 2.0 MB) |
(PDF) |
| 12 |
Inhomogeneous and hot carriers in semiconductors |
(PDF - 1.9 MB) |
(PDF) |
| 13 |
Mid-term exam (during class, 1:30 hours) |
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| 14 |
The p-n diode |
(PDF - 1.2 MB) |
(PDF) |
| Optical I - Nicola Marzari |
| 15 |
Optical materials and refractive index |
(PDF - 2.1 MB) |
(PDF) |
| 16 |
Electromagnetism in dielectric media |
(PDF) |
(PDF - 2.3 MB) |
| 17 |
Classic propagation of waves |
(PDF - 2.2 MB) |
(PDF) |
| 18 |
Interband absorption |
(PDF - 1.4 MB) |
(PDF) |
| Magnetic - David Paul |
| 19 |
Fundamental of ferromagnetic materials |
| 20 |
Hysteresis loop and driving energies |
| 21 |
Hard materials and permanent magnets |
| 22 |
Soft materials: thin films and nanoparticles
Spintronics and GMR
|
| 23 |
Spin valves, spin switches, and spin tunneling |
| Optical II - Nicola Marzari |
| 24 |
Excitons |
(PDF - 1.4 MB) |
(PDF) |
| 25 |
Luminescence |
(PDF - 1.0 MB) |
(PDF) |
| 26 |
Semiconductor quantum wells |
(PDF - 1.0 MB) |
(PDF) |
| 27 |
Final exam |
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