| MWF 11-11:50 AM | OPL 107 | http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/s11phy752/ |
This course is a self-contained course on
Solid State Physics, taught at the graduate level using the
textbook Electronic Structure, Basic Theory
and Practical Methods by Richard M. Martin, Cambridge U. Press,
2004 ("RMM") and on journal articles.
It is likely that your grade for the course will depend
upon the following factors:
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35% |
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Presentation |
15% |
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Exams |
50% |
*In general, there will a new assignment after each lecture, so that for optimal learning, it would be best to complete each assignment before the the next scheduled lecture. According to the honor system, all work submitted for grading purposes should represent the student's own best efforts. This means that students who work together on homework assignments should all contribute roughly equally and independently verify all derivations and results. Homeworks may be turned in 1 lecture past their due date without grade penalty. After that, the homework grade will be reduced by 10% for each succeeding late date.
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Date
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Reading
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Topic
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Assign.
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01-12 (Wed) |
RMM 1-3 |
From atomic structure to band structure |
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| 01-14 (Fri) |
RMM 3 & A3 |
Feynman-Helman theorem and the adiabatic approximation |
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| 01-17 (Mon) |
No class | MKL Holiday | |
| 01-19 (Wed) |
RMM 3 & 4 |
Feynman-Helman theorem and introduction to crystal lattices
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| 01-21 (Fri) |
RMM 4 |
Introduction/review of crystal lattices
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| 01-24 (Mon) |
RMM 4 |
Reciprocal lattices and X-ray diffraction
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| 01-26 (Wed) |
RMM 4 |
Ewald summation methods
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| 01-28 (Fri) |
RMM 14 |
Orbital analysis of electronic structure.
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| 01-31 (Mon) |
RMM 14 |
Orbital analysis of electronic structure.
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| 02-02 (Wed) |
RMM 14 |
Tight binding analysis of graphite
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| 02-04 (Fri) |
RMM 12 |
Plane wave bands
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| 02-07 (Mon) |
RMM 6 & 7 |
Density functional theory
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| 02-09 (Wed) |
RMM 6 & 7 |
Density functional theory
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| 02-11 (Fri) |
No class |
Begin take-home exam
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EXAM
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| 02-14 (Mon) |
RMM 8 |
Exchange-correlation -- continue take-home exam
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EXAM
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| 02-16 (Wed) |
No Class |
Continue take-home exam
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EXAM
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| 02-18 (Fri) |
RMM 16 |
Self-consistency
-- Take-home exam due
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| 02-21 (Mon) |
RMM 16 |
LAPW -- method and the WIEN2k code
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| 02-23 (Wed) |
RMM 16-17 |
LAPW -- method and the WIEN2k code
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| 02-25 (Fri) |
RMM 16-17 |
LAPW -- method and the WIEN2k code
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| 02-28 (Mon) |
RMM 10-11 |
Atoms and Pseudopotentials
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| 03-02 (Wed) |
RMM 10-11 |
Atoms and Pseudopotentials
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| 03-04 (Fri) |
RMM 10-11 |
Atoms and Pseudopotentials
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| 03-07 (Mon) |
No Class | Spring Break | |
| 03-09 (Wed) |
No Class | Spring Break | |
| 03-11 (Fri) |
No Class | Spring Break | |
| 03-14 (Mon) |
RMM 10-11 |
Pseudopotential construction and properties
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| 03-16 (Wed) |
RMM 10-11 |
PAW method
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| 03-18 (Fri) |
RMM 10-11 |
PAW method
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| 03-21 (Mon) |
No Class | March APS Meeting | EXAM
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| 03-23 (Wed) |
No Class | March APS Meeting | EXAM
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| 03-25 (Fri) |
No Class | March APS Meeting | EXAM
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| 03-28 (Mon) |
RMM 12-13 |
Electronic structure calculations --
take-home exam due
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| 03-30 (Wed) |
RMM 12-13 |
Electronic structure within PAW formalism using PWscf code
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| 04-01 (Fri) |
RMM 12-13 |
Tutorial on Atompaw and PWscf codes
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| 04-04 (Mon) |
RMM 12-13 |
Tutorial on Atompaw and PWscf codes
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| 04-06 (Wed) |
Electronic structure of defects in otherwise perfect lattices
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| 04-08 (Fri) |
Electronic structure of defects in otherwise perfect lattices
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| 04-11 (Mon) |
No class | ||
| 04-13 (Wed) |
No class | ||
| 04-15 (Fri) |
Electronic structure of defects in otherwise perfect lattices
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| 04-18 (Mon) |
Handout |
Micron-scale theory of p-n junctions in semiconductors
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| 04-20 (Wed) |
Lecture notes |
Electronic structure of interfaces
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| 04-22 (Fri) |
No Class | Good Friday Holiday | |
| 04-25 (Mon) |
Brief overview of Hubbard Model
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| 04-27 (Wed) |
Brief overview of Monte Carlo Methods
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| 05-06 (Fri) |
Presentations | Start at 10 AM |