Course unit, curriculum year 2023–2024
FYS.310
Solid State Physics, 5 cr
Tampere University
- Description
- Completion options
Teaching periods
Active in period 4 (4.3.2024–31.5.2024)
Course code
FYS.310Language of instruction
EnglishAcademic year
2023–2024Level of study
Intermediate studiesGrading scale
General scale, 0-5Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Mikko HuttunenResponsible organisation
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Physics Studies 100 %
Core content
- Bonding and atomic crystals
- Mechanical and thermal properties of materials
- Metals: Classical and quantum mechanical approach
- Semiconductors
- Magnetism, dielectrics, superconductivity, nanostructures
Complementary knowledge
- Lattice structures and theoretical modeling of lattices
- Defects, vibrations, phonons, specific heat
- Free-electron model, density of states
- pn-junction, diode, transistor, LED
- Diamagnetism and paramagnetism, magnetic ordering, polarizability, London theory, Meissner effect
Specialist knowledge
- Non-periodic solids, amorphous materials, van der Waals interactions
- Thermal conductivity
- Bloch theorem, Hall effect, quantum Hall effect
- Solar cells, semiconductor quantum dots
- Low-dimensional systems, BCS theory, quantum devices
Learning outcomes
Recommended prerequisites
Further information
Learning material
Equivalences
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
Participation in teaching
06.03.2024 – 30.04.2024
Active in period 4 (4.3.2024–31.5.2024)