Solid State Physics (MP464)

Lectures: Wednesdays 9:05-9:55 (Hall C) and Thursdays 15:05-15:55 (Hall C)

A booklist and topics for the course.

Lectures notes accompanying the course.

Problem sheets: problem sheet 1; problem sheet 2; problem sheet 3.

Handouts for the course:

1. 2-dimensional Bravais lattices.
2. Brillouin zones for 2-dimensional hexagonal lattice.
3. An example of a quasi-crystal : a regular structure with five-fold symmetry but no translation symmetries, a Penrose tiling of the 2-dimensional plane.
4. The fourteen 3-dimensional Bravais lattices.
5. Body centred cubic lattice structure.
6. Face centred lattice structure.
7. Hexagonal close packed structure.
8. Symmetries of the cube.
9. Examples of reflection symmetries of the cube.
10. The first four Brillouin zones of the 2-dimensional square lattice.
11. Bragg peak directions for reflection from the first two Brillouin zones of the 2-dimensional square lattice.
12. Incident Bragg peak directions for reflection from the first four Brillouin zones of the 2-dimensional square lattice.
13. Reflected Bragg peak directions for reflection from the first four Brillouin zones of the 2-dimensional square lattice.
14. Fermi surface for square lattice in 2-dimensions.
15. Fermi surface of Copper
16. Contour plot of tight binding potential for two dimensional square lattice .
17. Notes on Fourier transforms.