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Lecture 1: Vibrations, sound and heat capacity. Part 1B. The Einstein model for heat capacity.
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Lecture 1: Vibrations, sound and heat capacity. Part 1A Vibrations in solids. Observations of heat capacity. Law of Dulong and Petit. Classical model for heat capacity.
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Lecture 0: Welcome to the course
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Overview of the course. Main principle 4: Semiconductor devices from interfaces. Electrons and holes. Doping. p-n junctions, diodes, transistors. Light-emitting diodes, lasers, solar cells. …
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Overview of the course. Main principle 3: Linear responses to external perturbations. Elastic constants. Electrical conductivity. Heat conductivity. Heat capacity. Magnetic susceptibility.
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Overview of the course. Main principle 2: Anti-symmetry of the wavefunction. Fermions. Electronic structure, metals and semiconductors. Exchange interaction and magnetism.
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Overview of the course. Main principle 1: Periodicity and symmetry. Periodic boundary conditions. Lattice. Reciprocal lattices. Conservation of crystal momentum.
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Lecture 20: Dielectric function, plasmons, and optical properties of metals (part 3/3). Part 3: The physics: Reflectivity of metals. Plasmons. Detection of plasmons. Applications outside solid…
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Lecture 20: Dielectric function, plasmons, and optical properties of metals (part 2/3). Part 2: Wave equation of the electromagnetic wave. Dispersion relation for EM wave in a plasma / electron gas.…
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Lecture 20: Dielectric function, plasmons, and optical properties of metals (part 1/3). Part 1: Definition of the dielectric function. Dielectric function of a free electron gas (plasma).
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Lecture 18: Semiconductor Physics II (part 2/2) Part 2: Carrier densities in doped semiconductors. The saturation regime. The freeze-out regime. Transition temperatures between the freeze-out,…
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Lecture 18: Semiconductor Physics II (part 1/2) Part 1: The intrinsic carrier density.
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Lecture 17: Semiconductor Physics I (part 3/3) Part 2: Doping.
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Lecture 17: Semiconductor Physics I (part 2/3) Part 2: Electrons and holes.
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Lecture 17: Semiconductor Physics I (part 1/3) Part 1: Semiconductor materials.
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