Solid State Physics Syllabus for B.Tech 4th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Solid State Physics B.Tech (R13) fourthsem is as follows
OBJECTIVES:
This subject provides the insight to physics of material starting with basics of matter waves, lattice vibrations and band theories to understand properties of metals, semiconductors, electric conductors, dielectrics, ferroelectrics, superconductors and thermal properties of materials
UNIT I : INTRODUCTION TO MODERN PHYSICS AND LATTICE DYNAMICS [12 Hours]
Matter waves – Heisenberg’s uncertainity principle – Schrodinger’s time independent wave equation – Physical significance of wave function (y) – Application to a particle in a one dimensional box (infinite potential well)- Interatomic forces and lattice dynamics and simple metals, ionic and covalent crystals. Elastic waves in one dimensional array of identical atoms, vibrational modes of a diatomic linear lattice and dispersion relations, acoustic and optical modes, phonon dispersion relation.
UNIT : II BAND THEORY OF SOLIDS AND SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS [12 Hours]
Fermi- Dirac distribution function, density of states, temperature dependence of Fermi energy, specific heat, use of Fermi- Dirac statistics in the calculation of thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity, Widemann -Franz ratio, susceptibility, width of conduction band, Drude theory of light, absorption in metals. Bloch theorem. Behaviour of electrons in periodic potentials, , E vs k relation, Density of states in a band, effective mass of electron, physical basis of effective mass, Intrinsic semiconductors. Band model, Fermi level, Expressions for electron and hole concentration in intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, Thermal ionization of impurities, Hall effect in semi conductors (p-type and n-type).
UNIT III : DIELECTRICS AND FERROELECTRICS [12 Hours]
Macroscopic description of the static dielectric constant. The electronic and ionic polarizabilities of molecules, orientational polarization, Measurement of the dielectric constant of a solid. Theinternal field of Lorentb, Clausium-Mosotti relation. Behaviour of dielectrics in an alternating field, elementary ideas on dipole relaxation, classification of ferroelectric crystals -BaTiO3 and KDP. Thermodynamics of ferroelectric crystals – Devonshire theory.
[TOTAL: 60 PERIODS]
OUTCOMES:
- Upon completion of this course, the students can able to use semiconductor materials for the application.
TEXT BOOKS:
- S. O. Pillai,“ Solid state physics”, New age International Pvt Ltd, 6th edition, 2005
- Wahab, M. A.,“ Solid State Physics”, 2nd Edition, Narosa Publishing, 2005
REFERENCES:
- Charles Kittel.,“ Introduction to Solid State Physics”, John Wiley, 8th edition, 2005.
- Ibach, Harald, Lüth, Hans,“ An Introduction to principles of Materials Science”, Springer,2003.
- James D. Patterson, Bernard C. Bailey,“ Solid State Physics: Introduction to the theory” Springer Verlag, edition 1, 2005
- Mckelvy, J. P.,“ Solid State and Semi-conductor Physics”, Harper International,1966
- Federick Reif,“ Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermodynamical Physics”, McGraw- Hill, 1965
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