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| Arvind Kumar | Cluster University B.Sc. Hons Physics 5th Sem SOLID STATE PHYSICS Syllabus Cluster University B.Sc. Hons Physics 5th Sem SOLID STATE PHYSICS Syllabus CLUSTER UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU SYLLABUS – SEMESTER 5TH (CBCS) – B.Sc HONOURS (PHYSICS) (CORE COURSE) COURSE CODE : 3PHYTC0502 TITLE: SOLID STATE PHYSICS COURSE CODE : 3PHYTC0502 CREDITS : 04 DURATION OF EXAMINATION TOTAL: 100 Marks MINOR TEST : 01 Hour MINOR TEST: 20 Marks MAJOR TEST : 2.5 Hours MAJOR TEST: 80 Marks Unit-I (12 HOURS) Crystal Structure: Crystalline and Amorphous solids, Crystal lattice, Basis, Unit Cell, Symmetry operations, Bravais lattice, Characteristics of cubic crystals, Miller Indices, Spacing between lattice planes, Reciprocal lattice: properties and reciprocal lattice to SC, BCC, FCC lattices, Dif(12)fraction of X-rays by crystals, Bragg’s Law, X-ray diffraction methods: Laue, Rotating crystal and powder methods. Unit-II (12 HOURS) Elementary Lattice Dynamics: Lattice Vibrations and Phonons: Linear Monoatomic and Diatomic Chains. Acoustical and Optical Phonons. Qualitative Description of the Phonon Spectrum in Solids. Dulong and Petit’s Law, Einstein and Debye theories of specific heat of solids. T3 law. (9 Hrs) Crystal Defects: Point defects, Equilibrium concentration of Schottky defects and Frenkel defects, Edge and screw dislocations. Unit-III (12 HOURS) Magnetic Properties of Matter: Dia-, Para-, Ferri- and Ferromagnetic Materials. Classical Langevin Theory of dia – and Paramagnetic Domains. Quantum Mechanical Treatment of Paramagnetism. Curie’s law, Weiss’s Theory of Ferromagnetism and Ferromagnetic Domains. Discussion of B-H Curve. Hysteresis and Energy Loss, Soft and hard magnetic materials, Antiferromagnetism, Ferrites. Unit-IV (12 HOURS) Dielectric Properties of Materials: Polarization. Local Electric Field at an Atom. Depolarization Field. Electric Susceptibility. Polarizability. Clausius Mosotti Equation. Classical Theory of Electric Polarizability. Normal and Anomalous Dispersion. Cauchy and Sellmeir relations. Langevin-Debye equation, Applications of dielectric materials. |
