Advanced Solid State Physics

Outline

Electrons

Magnetic effects and
Fermi surfaces

Magnetism

Linear response

Transport

Crystal Physics

Electron-electron
interactions

Quasiparticles

Structural phase
transitions

Landau theory
of second order
phase transitions

Superconductivity

Quantization

Photons

Exam questions

Appendices

Lectures

Books

Course notes

TUG students

      

Lectures Winter Semester 2019

  1. Introduction - Oct 3, 2019: Slides
  2. Fourier Transforms / Free electron model - Oct 7, 2019: Slides
  3. Metals - Oct 10, 2019: Slides
  4. Band structure - Oct 14, 2019: Slides
  5. Graphene - Oct 17, 2019: Slides
  6. Carbon nanotubes / Photoemission - Oct 21, 2019: Slides
  7. Semiconductors - Oct 24, 2019: Slides
  8. Semiconductors - Oct 28, 2019: Slides
  9. Semiconductors - Oct 31, 2019: Slides
  10. Semiconductors / Phonons - Nov 4, 2019: Slides
  11. Free Electrons in a Magnetic Field - Nov 7, 2019: Slides
  12. Free Electrons in a Magnetic Field - Nov 11, 2019: Slides
  13. Fermi surfaces / Magnetism - Nov 14, 2019: Slides
  14. Magnetism - Nov 18, 2019: Slides
  15. Magnetism - Nov 21, 2019: Slides
  16. Magnetism / Superconductivity- Nov 25, 2019: Slides
  17. Superconductivity - Nov 28, 2019: Slides
  18. Superconductivity / Linear Response - Dec 2, 2019: Slides
  19. Optical Properties of Insulators - Dec 5, 2019: Slides
  20. Optical Properties of Insulators and Metals - Dec 9, 2019: Slides
  21. Microwave Engineering - Dec 12, 2019: Slides
  22. Transport - Jan 9, 2020: Slides
  23. Transport - Jan 13, 2020: Slides
  24. Transport / Crystal Physics - Jan 16, 2020: Slides
  25. Crystal Physics - Jan 20, 2020: Slides
  26. Phase transitions - Jan 23, 2020: Slides
  27. Phase transitions - Jan 27, 2020: Slides
  28. Phase transitions / Quasiparticles - Jan 30, 2020: Slides

The videos of the lectures are available through the Teach Center at:

Before the lectures the slides will be uploaded to:
https://cloud.tugraz.at/index.php/s/vlWUNczJDFtbr8H