Online Courses Handbook 2003

302765 (v.1) Solid State Physics 402

Area:	Department of Applied Physics
Contact Hours:	4.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	2 x 2 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: to the Physics honours program
Topics from - Phonon formalism, prediction of thermal properties. Band theory of solids, behaviour of semiconductors. Fermi surface description of metals. Superconductivity. Dielectrics and ferroelectrics, magnetism, diamagnetism, paramagnestism, ferromagnetism, antiferromagnetism. Magnetic resonance. Defects and disorder in crystals, dislocations, surface and interface properties.