GUIDANCE
“Introduction to materials
physics”
Joint lecture with AIMS lecture,
“Physics of materials”
AIMS: “Asian International Mobility
for Students” Program
Aim of the Course
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To understand physical origins of
electricity, magnetism and optical
property.
To improve student’s multi-lingual
ability (English) in science
This course is held in English!
Need English-Japanese dictionary!
Schedule
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10-week lecture, 1+0.5 segments for each
week, 3 chapters
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Week 1: GUIDANCE
Chap. 1 (Week 2-4): Review of electromagnetic
interaction of materials and electromagnetic wave
(Muroo)
Chap. 2 (Week 5-7): Introduction to magnetism
(Katori)
Chap. 3 (Week 8-10): Introduction to electronics
(Ikushima)
Schedule of three chapters
Guidance
Week 1
Oct. 2
Chap. 1 (Muroo)
Review of electromagnetic interaction
Week 2
Oct. 9
Week 3
Oct. 16
Week 4
Oct. 23
Chap. 3 (Ikushima)
Introduction to
electronics
Week 8
Nov. 27
Week 9
Dec. 4
Week10
Dec. 11
Chap. 2 (Katori)
Introduction to
magnetism
Week 5
Oct. 30
Week 6
Nov. 6
Week 7
Nov. 20
Detailed schedule of 1+0.5
segments
Preparation
(Home work)
13:00
Lecture
Exercise
Seg. 3
Seg. 4 (1st
Half)
14:30
14:45
Seg. 4 (2nd
Half)
15:30
Preparation (Home work)
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Technical terms listed in a lecture
should be researched and explained in
English until the next lecture.
Explanation by formula is preferred.
Exercise
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Answer the problems given in English,
which are related to the topics in the
lecture
Description in English is strongly
preferred.
Chap. 1-1: Electric and magnetic
interaction and EM wave
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Static interaction of materials
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Dynamic interaction
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Electric field and dielectrics
Magnetic field and magnets
Faraday’s law of induction
Ampere’s circuital law and displacement
current
Maxwell’s equations and wave equation
Chap. 1-2: Electric dipole
interaction
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Electric dipole interaction
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Absorption and dispersion of light in material
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Potential energy of electric dipole in electric field
Absorption and refraction
Mechanical oscillator model of electric dipole
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Lorentz model and refraction index
Chap. 1-3: Application of
electromagnetic interaction
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Absorption and emission of light
Spectroscopy
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Atomic resonance and Line spectram
Optical memory
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Magnetooptic effect
Faraday effect, Kerr effect
Chap. 2 (Weeks 5-7, Katori):
Magnetism and its Applications to Materials
Science and Industrial Technology
Week 5: Introduction to magnetism
A brief history of magnetism
Magnetic order and hysteresis
Week 6: Applications of soft and hard magnets
Soft magnetic materials
Permanent magnetic materials
Static applications.
Week 7: Magnetic recording
Spin-polarized current
Magnetic sensors
Magnetic memory
Chap. 3 --- Material Science and Electronics --- (Ikushima)
Week 8(27th Nov.)
Introduction to electronics
R, L, C circuits: Metal, Ferrite, Dielectrics
Non-linear devices Semiconductors
Diode, Transistor
Week 9 (4th Dec.)
Commercial semiconductor devices
pn junction, field effect transistor (FET)
Week 10 (11th Dec.)
Advanced quantum devices
Quantum Well (QW), Quantum Dot (QD)
Atomic layer device (Graphene)
Single electron transistor through a QD