PHYS 613Selected Topics in Solid State Physics
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Science
- Last listed
- 1964–65
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1963–64 to 1964–65; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
One or two of the following topics may be offered each year. (a) Imperfections in Crystals. Perfect and imperfect crystals, general properties of point defects and dislocations, interactions of imperfections, solid state phase transformation, plastic deformation and work-hardening of metals, grain boundaries, influence of lattice imperfections on physical properties, internal friction in metals, diffusion, physical observation of lattice defects, generation and annealing of point defects, radiation damage. (b) Ionic Crystals and Luminescence. The crystalline state—diffraction of X- rays, neutrons, electrons. Classification of solids. Lattice energy of ionic crystals—conductivity and diffusion. Band structure and electron distribution. Electronic and optical properties of alkali halides. (c) Inert Gas Solids. Theory of crystal lattices: quantum mechanical basis, inter-atomic potentials, stability, dynamics of cubic close-packed lattices, thermodynamics of ideal crystals, anharmonicity. Experimental properties. (d) Advanced Quantum Theory of Solids. Theoretical and experimental techniques for determination of the band structure of metals and semiconductors; electrical and thermal conduction processes and electron-lattice interactions.
As printed in the 1963–64 to 1964–65 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1963–64 to 1964–65, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1963–64 to 1964–65 2 calendars
One or two of the following topics may be offered each year.
(a) Imperfections in Crystals. Perfect and imperfect crystals, general properties of point defects and dislocations, interactions of imperfections, solid state
phase transformation, plastic deformation and work-hardening of metals, grain boundaries, influence of lattice imperfections on physical properties, internal friction in metals, diffusion, physical observation of lattice defects, generation and annealing of point defects, radiation damage.
(b) Ionic Crystals and Luminescence. The crystalline state—diffraction of X- rays, neutrons, electrons. Classification of solids. Lattice energy of ionic crystals—conductivity and diffusion. Band structure and electron distribution. Electronic and optical properties of alkali halides.
(c) Inert Gas Solids. Theory of crystal lattices: quantum mechanical basis, inter-atomic potentials, stability, dynamics of cubic close-packed lattices, thermodynamics of ideal crystals, anharmonicity. Experimental properties.
(d) Advanced Quantum Theory of Solids. Theoretical and experimental techniques for determination of the band structure of metals and semiconductors; electrical and thermal conduction processes and electron-lattice interactions.