Subject Code: PH5L013 Subject Name:      Condensed Matter Physics L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s): Quantum Mechanics I
Structure of solids: Symmetry operations; Bravais lattices; Miller indices and reciprocal lattice; Bonding and packing in crystals; Structure determination (X-ray, electron & neutron diffraction); Defects in crystals; Lattice vibration and thermal properties: dispersion relation; attenuation; density of states; phonons and quantization; Brillouin zones; lattice heat capacity; Einstein and Debye models; thermal conductivity of metals and insulators; Electronic properties: Free electron theory of metals; electrons in a periodic potential; Bloch equation; Kronig-Penny model; tight-binding model; band theory; metal, semiconductor and insulators; bandgap; intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors; Hall effect; p-n junction; Dielectrics: Polarizability; Clausius-Mossotti formula, Peizo-, Pyro- and Ferro-electric crystals; ferroelectric domains; optical behavior of bound and free electrons; Kramer-Kronig relations; optical absorption; photoconductivity; Magnetism: Dia- and para-magnetism; Van-Vleck and Pauli paramagnetism; Exchange interaction; Ferro-, antiferro- and ferri-magnetism, spin wave, resonance absorption; Superconductivity: Meissner effect; Energy gap; London equations; coherence length; type I & type II superconductors; BCS theory; Josephson effect.
Text Books/Reference Books: 
  1. Kittel C., Introduction to Solid State Physics, John Wiley.
  2. Myers H. P., Introduction to Solid State Physics, Viva books.
  3. Dekker A. J., Solid State Physics, Macmillan.
  4. Ashcroft N. W. and Mermin N. D.,  Solid State Physics, HBC Publ.