Advanced Solid State Physics

Syllabus (PDF, Spanish)
This course corresponds to the MSc and PhD Physics and Materials Science Programs at the Institute of Physics (IFUAP), and it provides further and more specialized theoretical concepts and topics on the Solid State Physics subject. A strong background in chemical bonding, thermal properties and phonons, free-electron gas, electron in a periodic potential well, crystalline and band structure is required.
Below you'll find the lecture notes (in Spanish) as well as assignments of each theme/topic covered in the course.

Lecture Notes*

  • 01. Lattice Dynamics of Crystals (PDF)
  • 02. Band Theory of Crystals (PDF)
  • 03. Magnetism (PDF)
  • 04. Dielectric properties (PDF)
  • 05. Defects (PDF)
  • 06. Superconductivity (PDF)
  • *Spanish.

Assignments

  • 01. Lattice Dynamics of Crystals (PDF)
  • 02. Band Theory of Crystals (PDF)
  • 03. Magnetism (PDF)
  • 04. Dielectric properties (PDF)
  • 05. Defects (without assignement)
  • 06. Superconductivity (PDF)

Textbooks

  • 01. N.W. Ashcroft & D. Mermin, Solid State Physics , 1st. edition (Saunders College Publishing 1976).
  • 02. G. Grosso & G.P. Parravicini, Solid State Physics, 1st. edition (Academic Press, 2000).
  • 03. H. Ibach & H. Luth, Solid State Physics, 2nd. edition (Springer Verlag, 1996).
  • 04. G. Burns, Solid State Physics, 1st. edition (Academic Press, 1985).
  • 05. R.M. Martin, Electronic Structure: Theory and Practical Methods , 1st. edition (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004).
  • 06. C.P. Poole, Jr. H.A. Farack, & R.J. Creswick, Superconductivity, 1st. edition (Academic Press, 1995).