Introduction to Solid State Physics

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, ENGR 350 ) A physics course designed for senior Physics and Electrical Engineering majors and focusing on the Quantum Theory of solids including: fundamentals of crystals, wave diffraction in crystals, reciprocal lattices, crystal binding, phonons and phonon scattering, free-electron Fermi gases, energy bands, periodic potentials, semiconductor theory, superconductors, quantum theory of diamagnetism, optical processes in semiconductors and optoelectronic devices, quantum mechanics and electronic structure of graphene, graphene-based nanostructures, quantum electronic devices. (Credits may not be earned for both PHYS 365 and ENGR 365 .)