Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Materials

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Electronic - Nicola Marzari
1	From particles to waves: the Schrödinger equation	Problem set 1 out
2	The mechanics of quantum mechanics: operators, expectation values
3	Measurements and probabilities The harmonic oscillator
4	The hydrogen atom and the periodic table	Problem set 1 due Problem set 2 out
5	Periodicity and phonons
6	Electrons in a lattice: Bloch’s theorem	Problem set 2 due Problem set 3 out
7	The nearly-free electron model
8	The tight-binding model Band structures	Problem set 3 due Problem set 4 out
9	Semiconductors and insulators
10	Band structure engineering	Problem set 4 due Problem set 5 out
11	Transport of heat and electricity
12	Inhomogeneous and hot carriers in semiconductors	Problem set 5 due
13	Mid-term exam (during class, 1:30 hours)	Quiz 1
14	The p-n diode
Optical I - Nicola Marzari
15	Optical materials and refractive index	Problem set 6 out
16	Electromagnetism in dielectric media	Problem set 6 due Problem set 7 out
17	Classic propagation of waves	Problem set 8 out
18	Interband absorption	Problem set 7 due
Magnetic - David Paul
19	Fundamental of ferromagnetic materials	Problem set 9 out
20	Hysteresis loop and driving energies	Problem set 8 due
21	Hard materials and permanent magnets	Problem set 9 due Problem set 10 out
22	Soft materials: thin films and nanoparticles Spintronics and GMR
23	Spin valves, spin switches, and spin tunneling	Problem set 10 due Problem set 11 out
Optical II - Nicola Marzari
24	Excitons
25	Luminescence	Problem set 11 due Problem set 12 out
26	Semiconductor quantum wells
27	Final exam