Physics 241A: Solid State Physics

Course description: Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 140A, 140B, 215A, 221C. Symmetry, free electrons, electrons in periodic potential, experimental measurement of band structure and Fermi surface parameters, cohesive energy, lattice vibrations, thermal properties. Letter grading.

Physics 241B: Solid State Physics

Course description: Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 241A. Transport theory with applications, electron/electron interactions. S/U or letter grading.

Physics 241C: Solid State Physics

Course description: Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 241B. Semiconductors, magnetism, phase transitions, superconductivity. S/U or letter grading.