Not offered in the current semester · Last offered AY2014/2015 Semester 2
This course discusses the electronic and magnetic properties of solids. Metals - conductivity and heat capacity; density of states at Fermi level; nearly free electron model and band gaps. Distinction between metals, semiconductors and insulators. Semiconductors - direct and indirect band gap (Si, Ge, GeAs); optical absorption, effective mass and holes; carrier concentration, law of mass action; impurity donors and acceptors; mobility and Hall effect; band gap measurements. Magnetic susceptibility, Larmor diamagnetism, paramagnetism and Curie?s law; Pauli paramagnetism; magnetic ordering (ferromagnetism and anti-ferromagnetism) and Weiss molecular field theory; Curie-Weiss susceptibility.
| AUs | 4.0 AUs |
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| Prerequisite | PAP211, PAP232, PHYS1C, PH2101, PH2302, CY1303 |
| Not Available To Programme | PHY(2004-2010), PHY(2013-onwards) |
| Not Available To All Programme With | |
| Not Available As BDE/UE To Programme | |
| Not Available As Core To Programme | |
| Not Available As PE To Programme | |
| Mutually Exclusive With | PAP342 |
| Not Offered As BDE | Yes |
| Not Offered As Unrestricted Elective | |
| Exam |
Total hours per week: 4 hrs
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