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| Week 1 | Topic | Reading | Assignments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M 3/28 | Physics Comp Exam - No class | HW #1 | |
| 2 | W 3/30 | Sommerfield model | A&M Ch 2-3, Kittel Ch 6 | |
| 3 | F 4/1 | Occupation function | A&M Ch 8 & Ch 12 | |
| Week 2 | Topic | Reading | Assignments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | M 4/4 | Phonon scattering | A&M Ch 13 | HW #2 |
| 5 | W 4/6 | Phonon scattering | A&M Ch 13 | |
| 6 | F 4/8 | Ballistic Transport | Kittel Ch 18 (Nanostructures) | |
| Week 3 | Topic | Reading | Assignments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | M 4/11 | Adding scattering | Kittel Ch 18 (Nanostructures) | HW #3 |
| 8 | W 4/13 | Variable range hopping. Mott Insulators | Mott's txt bk, A&M p340 & 542 | |
| 9 | F 4/15 | Electrons in B-field | Feynman Lecture on AB effect}} | |
| Week 4 | Topic | Reading | Summary | Assignments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | M 4/18 | Quantum Hall Effect | Article 1, Article 2 | Aharanov-Bohm effect. QM description of cyclotron orbits. Landau levels. Fluctuation in electron density (constant chemical potential). The QHE experiment. Animation. QHE explanation based on ExB drift velocity. | HW #4 |
| 11 | W 4/20 | Quantum Hall Effect | ee | day10_2013.pdf: Aharanov-Bohm effect. QM description of cyclotron orbits. Landau levels. Fluctuation in electron density (constant chemical potential). The QHE experiment. Animation. QHE explanation based on ExB drift velocity. | |
| 12 | F 4/22 | Tunneling devices | Tunneling (wikipedia) | day11_2013b.pdf: Importance of tunneling device in technology. Calculating I_tunnel. Examples: STM microscopy, STM spectroscopy, tunnel magnetoresistance, tunnel diodes. | hw4solns.pdf |
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