After successful completion of the course, students are able to describe symmetries, electronic structures and energy bands in solids, to calculate density of states, to explain optical properties and spectroscopy, to summarise electrical and mechanical properties as well as to operate simple quantum mechanical calculations in solids.
Symmetry and electronic structure of solids (reciprocal lattice, Bloch theorem). Energy bands (free electron gas, real metals, semiconductors, insulators) Density of states. DFT methods. Optical properties and spectroscopy of solids. Electrical properties (insulators, semiconductors, conductors, superconductors, ionic conductors) Collective magnetism Mechanical properties. Simple quantum mechanical calculations in solids
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Oral exam on the content of the lecture. The exam takes approximately 30 minutes and the grade comes as a result of the answers of the student in the oral exam and the answers on a questionair related to the practical exercises.