Carmine ATTANASIO | INTRODUCTION TO SOLID STATE PHYSICS

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INTRODUCTION TO SOLID STATE PHYSICS

	0512600034
	DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS "E. R. CAIANIELLO"
	EQF6
	PHYSICS
	2024/2025

PERCORSO SHARED STUDY PATHWAY

	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
FIS/03	5	40	LESSONS	OPTIONAL SUBJECTS
FIS/03	1	12	LAB	OPTIONAL SUBJECTS

PROFESSORS

	CARMINE ORTIX T Curriculum
	CARMINE ATTANASIO Curriculum

	Objectives
	KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE COURSE AIMS AT GIVE STUDENTS CONCEPTS AND BASIC NOTIONS TO DESCRIBE SOLID STATE SYSTEMS AND THEIR PROPERTIES. IT ALSO AIMS AT INTRODUCING CONCEPTS AND NOTIONS NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS IN THE ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS AND RELATED EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES. AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL HAVE GAINED BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, PHENOMENOLOGICAL METHODS TO DERIVE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES AND HE WILL HAVE GAINED KNOWLEDGE IN THE MOST USED EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES TO STUDY SOLIDS. MOREOVER, THE STUDENT WILL KNOW THE TERMINOLOGY AND THEORY WITHIN THIS FIELD OF PHYSICS TOGETHER WITH THE WORKING PRINCIPLES OF COMMON DEVICES. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE TO SOLVE SIMPLE PROBLEMS OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE OF PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND ELECTRONIC AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS AND WILL BE ABLE TO EVALUATE ORDER OF MAGNITUDES, PERFORM ELEMENTARY CALCULATIONS AND SOLVE SIMPLE PROBLEMS CONCERNING MATERIAL PROPERTIES

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

THE COURSE AIMS AT GIVE STUDENTS CONCEPTS AND BASIC NOTIONS TO DESCRIBE SOLID STATE SYSTEMS AND THEIR PROPERTIES. IT ALSO AIMS AT INTRODUCING CONCEPTS AND NOTIONS NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS IN THE ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS AND RELATED EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES. AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL HAVE GAINED BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, PHENOMENOLOGICAL METHODS TO DERIVE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES AND HE WILL HAVE GAINED KNOWLEDGE IN THE MOST USED EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES TO STUDY SOLIDS. MOREOVER, THE STUDENT WILL KNOW THE TERMINOLOGY AND THEORY WITHIN THIS FIELD OF PHYSICS TOGETHER WITH THE WORKING PRINCIPLES OF COMMON DEVICES.

APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE TO SOLVE SIMPLE PROBLEMS OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE OF PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND ELECTRONIC AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS AND WILL BE ABLE TO EVALUATE ORDER OF MAGNITUDES, PERFORM ELEMENTARY CALCULATIONS AND SOLVE SIMPLE PROBLEMS CONCERNING MATERIAL PROPERTIES

	Prerequisites
	TEACHING ASSUMES KNOWLEDGE OF CLASSICAL MECHANICS, ANALYTICAL MECHANICS, AND ELECTROMAGNETISM. THE TEACHING ASSUMES THAT THE STUDENT KNOWS HOW TO PERFORM DIAGONALIZATION OF MATRICES AND COMPUTATION OF EIGENVALUES AND EIGENVECTORS AND SOLVE ONE-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM PROBLEMS.

	Contents
	QUANTUM MECHANICS: PARTICLE IN AN INFINITE POTENTIAL WELL IN ONE AND MORE DIMENSIONS; ENERGY LEVELS; PERIODIC POTENTIALS; BLOCH THEOREM. GENERAL PROPERTIES OF FREE ELECTRON GAS. SOMMERFELD MODEL. DENSITY OF STATES. DENSITIES OF STATES FOR MESOSCOPIC STRUCTURES. (8 HOURS) DIFFUSIVE, QUASI-BALLISTIC AND BALLISTIC TRANSPORT IN MESOSCOPIC STRUCTURES. QUANTUM CORRECTIONS OF WEAK LOCALIZATION (8 HOURS) INTRODUCTION TO CRYSTAL FIELD THEORY. EIGENFUNCTIONS OF THE CRYSTAL FIELD POTENTIAL. CRYSTAL FIELD AND P AND D ORBITALS. GENERAL CRYSTAL FIELD THEORY. (8 HOURS) CRYSTAL FIELD EFFECTS ON ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES. THEORY OF INVARIANTS (4 HOURS) STATEMENT OF THE JAHN-TELLER THEOREM. (4 HOURS). MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY: THE VAN DER PAUW METHOD (2 HOURS). DEPENDENCE OF RESISTIVITY ON THICKNESS IN THIN FILMS. FUCHS-SONDHEIMER AND MAYADAS MODELS (2 HOURS). DEPOSITION OF THIN FILMS. VACUUM TECHNIQUES. SPUTTERING (3 HOURS). ELEMENTS OF CRYOGENICS (1 HOUR). DEPOSITION OF THIN METALLIC FILMS OF DIFFERENT THICKNESSES AND MEASUREMENT OF THEIR RESISTANCE AS A FUNCTION OF TEMPERATURE (12 HOURS).

Contents

QUANTUM MECHANICS: PARTICLE IN AN INFINITE POTENTIAL WELL IN ONE AND MORE DIMENSIONS; ENERGY LEVELS; PERIODIC POTENTIALS; BLOCH THEOREM. GENERAL PROPERTIES OF FREE ELECTRON GAS. SOMMERFELD MODEL. DENSITY OF STATES. DENSITIES OF STATES FOR MESOSCOPIC STRUCTURES. (8 HOURS)
DIFFUSIVE, QUASI-BALLISTIC AND BALLISTIC TRANSPORT IN MESOSCOPIC STRUCTURES. QUANTUM CORRECTIONS OF WEAK LOCALIZATION (8 HOURS)

INTRODUCTION TO CRYSTAL FIELD THEORY. EIGENFUNCTIONS OF THE CRYSTAL FIELD POTENTIAL. CRYSTAL FIELD AND P AND D ORBITALS. GENERAL CRYSTAL FIELD THEORY. (8 HOURS)
CRYSTAL FIELD EFFECTS ON ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES. THEORY OF INVARIANTS (4 HOURS)
STATEMENT OF THE JAHN-TELLER THEOREM. (4 HOURS).

MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY: THE VAN DER PAUW METHOD (2 HOURS). DEPENDENCE OF RESISTIVITY ON THICKNESS IN THIN FILMS. FUCHS-SONDHEIMER AND MAYADAS MODELS (2 HOURS). DEPOSITION OF THIN FILMS. VACUUM TECHNIQUES. SPUTTERING (3 HOURS). ELEMENTS OF CRYOGENICS (1 HOUR). DEPOSITION OF THIN METALLIC FILMS OF DIFFERENT THICKNESSES AND MEASUREMENT OF THEIR RESISTANCE AS A FUNCTION OF TEMPERATURE (12 HOURS).

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE INCLUDES 52 HOURS OF TEACHING (6 CFU), CONSISTING OF LECTURES (5 CFU) AND LABORATORY ACTIVITIES (1 CFU). IN PARTICULAR, THERE ARE 40 HOURS OF LECTURES AND 12 HOURS OF LABORATORY. IN THE LECTURES ARE PRESENTED THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE FOLLOWING THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISCIPLINE. IN THE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES WILL BE REALIZED THROUGH SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS RELATED TO WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY TREATED FROM A THEORETICAL POINT OF VIEW. ATTENDANCE OF THE COURSE, ALTHOUGH NOT MANDATORY, IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED, ESPECIALLY FOR WHAT CONCERNS THE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES. THE STUDENT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE E-LEARNING PLATFORM TO DOWNLOAD DIDACTIC MATERIALS (PROBLEMS AND REFERENCE TEXTS) AND TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE TOPICS COVERED IN CLASS.

Teaching Methods

THE COURSE INCLUDES 52 HOURS OF TEACHING (6 CFU), CONSISTING OF LECTURES (5 CFU) AND LABORATORY ACTIVITIES (1 CFU). IN PARTICULAR, THERE ARE 40 HOURS OF LECTURES AND 12 HOURS OF LABORATORY.
IN THE LECTURES ARE PRESENTED THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE FOLLOWING THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISCIPLINE. IN THE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES WILL BE REALIZED THROUGH SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS RELATED TO WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY TREATED FROM A THEORETICAL POINT OF VIEW. ATTENDANCE OF THE COURSE, ALTHOUGH NOT MANDATORY, IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED, ESPECIALLY FOR WHAT CONCERNS THE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES. THE STUDENT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE E-LEARNING PLATFORM TO DOWNLOAD DIDACTIC MATERIALS (PROBLEMS AND REFERENCE TEXTS) AND TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE TOPICS COVERED IN CLASS.

	Verification of learning
	THE PURPOSE OF THE EXAMINATION IS TO EVALUATE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS. THE EXAM INCLUDES AN ORAL TEST, EVALUATED IN THIRTIETHS. THE EVALUATION OF THE ORAL TEST WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY THE MOST APPROPRIATE STRATEGIES TO ANALYZE THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE, THE ABILITY TO EXPOSE IN A CLEAR AND SYNTHETIC WAY THE OBJECTIVES, THE PROCEDURE AND THE RESULTS OF THE WORK CARRIED OUT, AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO DEEPEN THE TOPICS COVERED, ORIENTING HIMSELF APPROPRIATELY AMONG THE PROPOSED MATERIALS. THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF EVALUATION (18/30) IS GIVEN WHEN THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS, SHOWING ALSO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES AND METHODOLOGIES AND A REASONABLE EXPOSITIVE ABILITY. THE HIGHEST LEVEL (30/30) IS AWARDED WHEN THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES THE ABILITY TO CORRECTLY ILLUSTRATE AND COMPETENTLY DISCUSS THE CONCEPTS, METHODS AND EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES PROPER TO SOLID STATE PHYSICS AND SHOWS A REMARKABLE ABILITY TO LINK AND PRESENT THE PROPERTIES OF THE DIFFERENT TOPICS. HONORS ARE AWARDED WHEN THE CANDIDATE DEMONSTRATES SIGNIFICANT MASTERY OF THE THEORETICAL AND OPERATIONAL CONTENTS AND SHOWS THE ABILITY TO PRESENT THE TOPICS WITH REMARKABLE LANGUAGE AND AUTONOMOUS ELABORATION SKILLS EVEN IN CONTEXTS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PROPOSED BY THE LECTURER.

Verification of learning

THE PURPOSE OF THE EXAMINATION IS TO EVALUATE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS.
THE EXAM INCLUDES AN ORAL TEST, EVALUATED IN THIRTIETHS. THE EVALUATION OF THE ORAL TEST WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY THE MOST APPROPRIATE STRATEGIES TO ANALYZE THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE, THE ABILITY TO EXPOSE IN A CLEAR AND SYNTHETIC WAY THE OBJECTIVES, THE PROCEDURE AND THE RESULTS OF THE WORK CARRIED OUT, AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO DEEPEN THE TOPICS COVERED, ORIENTING HIMSELF APPROPRIATELY AMONG THE PROPOSED MATERIALS.
THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF EVALUATION (18/30) IS GIVEN WHEN THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS, SHOWING ALSO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES AND METHODOLOGIES AND A REASONABLE EXPOSITIVE ABILITY.
THE HIGHEST LEVEL (30/30) IS AWARDED WHEN THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES THE ABILITY TO CORRECTLY ILLUSTRATE AND COMPETENTLY DISCUSS THE CONCEPTS, METHODS AND EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES PROPER TO SOLID STATE PHYSICS AND SHOWS A REMARKABLE ABILITY TO LINK AND PRESENT THE PROPERTIES OF THE DIFFERENT TOPICS.
HONORS ARE AWARDED WHEN THE CANDIDATE DEMONSTRATES SIGNIFICANT MASTERY OF THE THEORETICAL AND OPERATIONAL CONTENTS AND SHOWS THE ABILITY TO PRESENT THE TOPICS WITH REMARKABLE LANGUAGE AND AUTONOMOUS ELABORATION SKILLS EVEN IN CONTEXTS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PROPOSED BY THE LECTURER.

	Texts
	C. NOCE INTRODUZIONE ALLA FISICA MODERNA D. J. GRIFFITHS INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM MECHANICS C. KITTEL, INTRODUZIONE ALLA FISICA DELLO STATO SOLIDO N.W.ASHCROFT, N.D.MERMIN, SOLID STATE PHYSICS. YOSIDA THEORY OF MAGNETISM C.W.J. BEENAKKER, H. VAN HOUTEN QUANTUM TRANSPORT IN SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES R, VAGLIO ELEMENTI DI FISICA DELLO STATO SOLIDO PER L’INGEGNERIA

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Carmine ATTANASIO | INTRODUCTION TO SOLID STATE PHYSICS