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<p>Creating course page via bot</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox Course<br /> | code = pYL563<br /> | name = Solid State physics<br /> | credits = 4<br /> | credit_structure = 3-1-0<br /> | pre_requisites = <br /> | overlaps = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> == pYL563 : Solid State physics ==<br /> Crystal lattices, Reciprocal lattice, equivalence of Bragg and Laue formulations, Ewald Construction, bonding &amp; packing in crystals. Free electron theory: Drude and Sommerfield&#039;s model of conductivity. Electrons in a Periodic Potential, Bloch theorem in lattice and reciprocal space, origin of band gap in a weak periodic potential, Kronig-Penney model, band structures, metal, insulator, semiconductor, concepts of effective mass, light and heavy holes in a semiconductor, optical properties of semiconductors. Wannier functions, Tight binding model and calculation of band structure, Fermi Surfaces. Thermal Properties: classical &amp; quantum theory of harmonic crystal in one, two, &amp; three dimensions, specific heat at high and low temperatures, normal modes &amp; phonons, Einstein &amp; Debye models of specific heat. Ferroelectric, Piezoelectric Magnetism: Diamagnetism, Paramagnetism, Hunds Rule, Curie&#039;s Law, Cooling by Diamagnetism, Pauli Paramagnetism, Curie- Weiss Law Ferromagnetism and Antiferromagnetic ordering, Domains. Superconductivity: Basic Phenomenology, Meissner effect, London penetration depth, coherence length, Flux quantization. Courses of Study 2024-2025 Physics 301</div>

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