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Preface
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'E-learning' of select topics in solid state physics and quantum mechanics
UGC Minor Research Project F PSW 054/04-05
Dr. Abhijit Poddar
The topics below (barring a few advanced ones) pertain to CBCS Semester 2 Core Course 3 (Applied Physics) in Electronics Honours.
Preface
Solid State Physics
Crystallography
Lattice and basis
Primitive and unit cells
Miller Indices
Bravais Lattices
Some important crystal structures
Reciprocal Lattice
Relevant links
X-ray diffraction
Bragg Law
Ewald sphere
Brillouin zones
Brillouin zones of different lattices
Questions
Quantum theory and quantum mechanics
Quantum Mechanics
Concept of wave function and related postulates
Operators in quantum mechanics
Related postulates
Commuting operators
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
Angular momentum and its quantization
Angular momentum of coupled systems
Normal Zeeman effect
Electron spin
Spin-orbit coupling and fine-structure
Anomalous Zeeman effect
Schrodinger's equation
Stationary states
Solution of Schrodinger equation
Wave packets and wave packet dynamics
Density functional theory
QFDFT: A formalism of time dependent DFT
Using QFDFT to obtain ground states of systems
Using QFDFT to study electron-density-based dynamics of select systems under intense laser field
Resources
Conclusion and Future direction
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
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Abhijit Poddar
2007-09-27
