Physics 3A
203-1-2391
Course information
- Credit points
- 3.50
- Lecture hours
- 3.00
- TA hours
- 1.00
- Lab hours
- 0.00
Summary
The emergence of Quantum Mechanics: An historical and conceptual overview up to the 21st century.Quantization: The birth of QM. (Plank, specific heat, spectroscopy, Frank-Hertz, Bohr's atom)
Wave-particle duality: Photons and massive particles. (photo-electric effect, diffraction and interference, de-Broglie, beam splitter, Mach-Zehnder).
Wave mechanics: The mathematical formalism I. (the wave function, the uncertainty principle, statistical nature)
The Schroedinger equation: The mathematical formalism II.
Simple problems: Understanding nature I. (potential step, tunneling, square potential well, harmonic oscillator)
The Hydrogen atom and Spin (Stern-Gerlach): Understanding nature II.
A quick view of solid state: electrons and conductance.
Phenomenological introduction to special and general relativity:
Special relativity: Mass, length, time.
A quick view of the nucleus and elementary particles. (radioactive decays, leptons, hadrons, mesons, quarks, cp violation
Syllabus
| Week | Subject |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | The de Broglie wavelength, the Schrodinger equation, the concept of probability and its relation to the wavefunction, the Born interpretation, Expectation values of operators, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Infinite potential well, discrete energy levels |
| 3-4 | Finite potential well, tunneling, Quantum theory of the free electron gas, solutions to "particle in a box", 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D metals, Born Von Karman periodic boundary conditions, Fermi Energy, density of states, charge density, Fermi-Dirac distribution, chemical potential and its temperature dependence, electronic contribution to the specific heat, the Bohr model |
| 5 | Hydrogen atom, radial wave functions, spherical harmonics, the principal, orbital, magnetic, and spin quantum numbers, periodic table and energy levels |
| 6-7 | Lattice and reciprocal lattice, fcc and bcc Brillouin zones, Bloch theorem, Kronig- Penney model in 1D, periodic potentials, nearly free electrons, Bragg reflection of electrons, formation of energy gaps and energy bands |
| 8-10 | Semiconductor crystal structures, sp3 hybridization, band dispersion diagrams, motion of electrons and holes, effective mass tensor (parabolic approximation), direct and indirect fundamental bandgaps, valence and conduction bands, optical excitation, phonons (basics), s- and p-like energy band dispersions, Si, Ge and GaAs band structures |
| 11-12 | Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, impurities and doping, temperature dependence of carrier concentration, resistivity and conductivity, carrier transport, drift and diffusion of electrons and holes |
| 13 | Review of the studied course material |
Bibliography
C Cohen Tannoudji, Quantum mechanics, vol. I (1977) [QT]C. Kittel, Introduction to solid state physics, 7 th edition (1986) [K]
N. W. Aschroft, N. D. Mermin, Solid state physics (1976) [AM]
J.M. Cassels, Basic Quantum Mechanics , 2 nd edition (1982)
Introduction to Modern Physics, J. D. McGervey.
פיסיקה 3א
203-1-2391
תקציר
קריסת תאורית האתר, שקילות של מערכות ייחוס אינרציאליות, מהירות האור כגבול, הגדרת מאורע, טרנספורמציית לורנץ, יחסיות ובו-זמניות, מרחב-זמן ו4-וקטור, מרווחים דמויי זמן, דמויי מרחב ודמויי אור.סילבוס
| Week | Subject |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | The de Broglie wavelength, the Schrodinger equation, the concept of probability and its relation to the wavefunction, the Born interpretation, Expectation values of operators, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Infinite potential well, discrete energy levels |
| 3-4 | Finite potential well, tunneling, Quantum theory of the free electron gas, solutions to "particle in a box", 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D metals, Born Von Karman periodic boundary conditions, Fermi Energy, density of states, charge density, Fermi-Dirac distribution, chemical potential and its temperature dependence, electronic contribution to the specific heat, the Bohr model |
| 5 | Hydrogen atom, radial wave functions, spherical harmonics, the principal, orbital, magnetic, and spin quantum numbers, periodic table and energy levels |
| 6-7 | Lattice and reciprocal lattice, fcc and bcc Brillouin zones, Bloch theorem, Kronig- Penney model in 1D, periodic potentials, nearly free electrons, Bragg reflection of electrons, formation of energy gaps and energy bands |
| 8-10 | Semiconductor crystal structures, sp3 hybridization, band dispersion diagrams, motion of electrons and holes, effective mass tensor (parabolic approximation), direct and indirect fundamental bandgaps, valence and conduction bands, optical excitation, phonons (basics), s- and p-like energy band dispersions, Si, Ge and GaAs band structures |
| 11-12 | Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, impurities and doping, temperature dependence of carrier concentration, resistivity and conductivity, carrier transport, drift and diffusion of electrons and holes |
| 13 | Review of the studied course material |
ביבליוגרפיה
C Cohen Tannoudji, Quantum mechanics, vol. I (1977) [QT]C. Kittel, Introduction to solid state physics, 7 th edition (1986) [K]
N. W. Aschroft, N. D. Mermin, Solid state physics (1976) [AM]
J.M. Cassels, Basic Quantum Mechanics , 2 nd edition (1982)
Introduction to Modern Physics, J. D. McGervey.
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