CTU FEE Moodle
Solid State Physics
B242 - Summer 2024/2025
Solid State Physics - A8B34SST
| Credits | 4 |
| Semesters | Summer |
| Completion | Assessment + Examination |
| Language of teaching | Czech |
| Extent of teaching | 3P+1C |
Annotation
The subject is aimed on solid state physics including some parts of statistical physics. The subject informs about basic properties of materials used in electronics, esp. about semiconductors.
Study targets
None
Course outlines
1. Statistical physics basics, Liouville theorem. Gibbs distribution.
2. Thermodynamic potentials: enthalpy, free energy, chemical potential, entropy and probability.
3. Statistical distributions: Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein distribution.
4. Solid and condensed mater, their description; crystals. Crystal classification, reciprocal lattice.
5. Dynamical properties of crystal lattice; heat capacity.
6. Lattice defects; point defects, dislocations; surface properties, nanocrystals.
7. Crystal bindings, their character and classification; van der Waals crystals. Ionic and covalent crystals.
8. Band structure of solids. Semiconductors, effective mass, density of states.
9. Semiconductor in thermodynamic equilibrium. Electrons and holes. Fermi level calculation.
10. Transport effects in semiconductors, scattering mechanisms.
11. Electrons and holes in non-equilibrium, generation and recombination of charge carriers.
12. Electric conductivity of dielectrics, dielectric strength, inner and thermal breakdown. Dielectrics polarization in alternating field, complex permittivity and dissipation factor, ferroelectrics, pyroelectrics, piezoelectrics.
13. Metals, Fermi gas of free electrons, Fermi surfaces. Magnetic effects in solids and their origin, dia-, para-, fero-, feri-, antifero- magnetic solids.
14. Optical properties of solids, luminescence.
2. Thermodynamic potentials: enthalpy, free energy, chemical potential, entropy and probability.
3. Statistical distributions: Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein distribution.
4. Solid and condensed mater, their description; crystals. Crystal classification, reciprocal lattice.
5. Dynamical properties of crystal lattice; heat capacity.
6. Lattice defects; point defects, dislocations; surface properties, nanocrystals.
7. Crystal bindings, their character and classification; van der Waals crystals. Ionic and covalent crystals.
8. Band structure of solids. Semiconductors, effective mass, density of states.
9. Semiconductor in thermodynamic equilibrium. Electrons and holes. Fermi level calculation.
10. Transport effects in semiconductors, scattering mechanisms.
11. Electrons and holes in non-equilibrium, generation and recombination of charge carriers.
12. Electric conductivity of dielectrics, dielectric strength, inner and thermal breakdown. Dielectrics polarization in alternating field, complex permittivity and dissipation factor, ferroelectrics, pyroelectrics, piezoelectrics.
13. Metals, Fermi gas of free electrons, Fermi surfaces. Magnetic effects in solids and their origin, dia-, para-, fero-, feri-, antifero- magnetic solids.
14. Optical properties of solids, luminescence.
Exercises outlines
None
Literature
- Ch. Kittel: Introduction to Solid State Physics, 8th ed., Wiley 2005
- K. F. Brennan: The Physics of Semiconductors, Cambridge University Press 1999
- K. F. Brennan: The Physics of Semiconductors, Cambridge University Press 1999
Requirements
PHY2, PHY1, MCM,MC1, LAG.