Physics 425, Condensed Matter Physics
Spring, 2014
Monday, Wednesday 10:00 - 11:40 am, 中院 303
Prof. Ying Liu
Office: Physics 608A
E-mail: yingl@sjtu.edu.cn
Prof. Shun Wang
Office: Physics 904
E-mail: shunwang@sjtu.edu.cn
Outline
Condensed matter physics covers a wide range of topics. This course aims at
providing a basic overview of physical concepts and fundamental models of
solid-state systems and preparing one for future scientific research on condensed
matter physics and material sciences. A detailed list of topics to be covered is found
below in the Course Calendar.
Textbook
C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, 8th Ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.
(Reading both English and translated versions are recommended)
References
1. Ashcroft & Mermin, Solid State Physics, Cengage Learning, 1976
2. 黄昆， 固体物理学，高等教育出版社，1988
Office hours
TBA
Grading
The numerical grade will be determined by the following distribution:
Homework: 10 x 4% = 40%
Mid-term exam: 30%
Final Exam: 30%
Policies
You are expected to read the appropriate sections in the textbook covering materials
to be discussed in class before the lectures. Topics to be discussed in each class are
listed in the class calendar.
No late homework will be accepted and no make-up exams for missed exams will be
offered unless you have valid excuse, family emergency, or illness, in which case you
will need to present the written proof to the instructor in person in order to receive
credit for late homework.
Course Calendar:
Date
Content
Homework
Week 1 (Feb. 24 & 26)
Introduction to the course, crystals,
lattices, diffraction, experimental
determination of crystal structures
Homework Set 1: Crystal
Structures Due: March 5
Week 2 (Mar. 3 & 5)
Reciprocal lattices, structural factors,
van der Waals, ionic, covalent and
metallic bonding
Homework Set 2: Diffraction,
reciprocal lattices, crystal biding
Due: March 12
Week 3 (Mar. 10 & 12)
Lattice vibrations with monatomic
and two-atom basis, phonons
Homework Set 3: Lattice
vibration and phonons
Due: March 19
Week 4 (Mar. 17 & 19)
Einstein and Debye model, thermal
expansion, thermal conductivity
Homework Set 4: Heat capacity
of lattice vibration
Due: March 26
Week 5 (Mar. 24 & 26)
Free electron Fermi gas, heat
capacity, electrical conductivity, Hall
effect, thermal conductivity
Homework Set 5: Free electron
gas
Due: April 2
Week 6 (Mar. 31 & Apr.
2)
Energy bands, nearly free electron
model, Bloch theorem, metals and
insulators
Homework Set 6: Electron
transport and periodic potential,
Due: April 9
Week 7 (Apr. 7 [No
class, Holiday] & 9)
Semiconductors, equation of motion,
effective mass, Si and Ge,
Week 8 (Apr. 14 & 16)
Doping, Oxide, layered, and organic
semiconductors
Review
Week 9 (Apr. 21 & 23)
Mid-term exam & semiconductor
devices
Week 10 (Apr. 28 & 30)
Plasmons, polaritons and polarons,
Week 11 (May 5 & 7)
Fermi Surface, Calculation of energy
bands: Tight banding methods,
Week 12 (May
14)
De Haas-van Alphen effects.
Determination of the Fermi surface,
Landau levels and integer quantum
Hall effect
12 &
Homework Set 7:
Semiconductors.
Due: April 23
Homework Set 8: Fermi Surface
and landau levels
Due: May 14
Week 13 (May
21)
19 &
Introduction to superconductivity:
Occurrence and Phenomena, Cooper
pairing
Week 14 (May 26 & 28)
BCS theory, Long-range phase
coherence and flux quantization and
Josephson effect
Week 15 (Jun. 2 [No
class, Holiday] & 4)
Langevin diamagnetism equation,
quantum theory of diamagnetism,
quantum theory of paramagnetism,
ferromagnetic order
Week 16 (Jun. 9 & 11)
Magnons, ferrimagnetic order,
antiferromagnetism, ferromagnetic
domains; Review
Homework Set 9:
Superconductivity
Due: June 4
Homework Set 10: Magnetism
Due: Jun. 11