Wave particle duality and De-Broglie relation, wave number and wave function
Schrodinger equation and its significance, operators and notation
Quantum leak, effective mass of electron
Crystalline structure, simple, body centered and face centered cubic structures
Modern Theory of Solids (8 hours)
Degenerated and density of states
Fermi energy and significance, contact potential, Seebeck effect
Boltzmann and Fermi-Dirac statistics
Population density and number of electrons, conduction in metals
Thermionic emission: Richardson Dushman equation, Schottky effect
Molecular orbital bonding theory and band theory of solids
Dielectric Materials (7 hours)
Matter polarization and relative permittivity: Electric dipole moment, polarization, local electric field and Lorentz equation, Clausius-Mossotti equation
Types of polarization: Electronic, Ionic, dipolar, interfacial
Dielectric loss and frequency dependence
Dielectric strength, dielectric breakdown in solids and gases
Ferroelectricity, piezoelectricity and pyroelectricity
Magnetic Materials (8 hours)
Magnetization of matter: Magnetic dipole moment, atomic magnetic moment, magnetization, relative permeability
Classification of magnetic materials: Diamagnetism, paramagnetism, ferromagnetism, ferrimagnetism and anti-ferromagnetism
Magnetic domains, domain wall motion, magnetostriction
Hysteresis and Eddy current loss, demagnetization and deperming process
Soft and hard magnetic materials: Examples and applications
Superconductivity (6 hours)
Zero resistance, Meissner effect and isotope effect
London equation and penetration depth
Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory and cooper pairs
Critical current density and Silsbee rule
Types of superconductors: Type I and II
Semiconductors (10 hours)
Electron hole pair generation in semiconductors, generation and recombination
Pure and impure semiconductors, types of doping and compensation doping
Direct and Indirect band gap semiconductors, degenerate and non degenerate semiconductors
Diffusion and Einstein relationship
PN junction: Built in potential expression and depletion width, forward and reverse biased PN junction, band bending theory
Introduction to wide band gap semiconductors: SiC and GaN