Top: schematic of a 2-D crystal showing a regular lattice of atomic oribitals. Bottom: the calculated electronic bandstructure as a function of the electron's crystal momentum (k). The core skills taught in this class will be to think of electron transport in k-space and to calculate the bandstructure as shown here. (Image by Rajeev Ram.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Rajeev Ram
Prof. Terry Orlando
MIT Course Number
6.730
As Taught In
Spring 2003
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course examines classical and quantum models of electrons and lattice vibrations in solids, emphasizing physical models for elastic properties, electronic transport, and heat capacity. Topics covered include: crystal lattices, electronic energy band structures, phonon dispersion relatons, effective mass theorem, semiclassical equations of motion, and impurity states in semiconductors, band structure and transport properties of selected semiconductors, and connection of quantum theory of solids with quasifermi levels and Boltzmann transport used in device modeling.