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Physics 244 Modern Physics
Spring 2006
 Version 1.0 - Posted 12/27/05
               Version 1.3 - Posted 04/15/06              

               

            Contact Information:
    Instructor: Prof. Robert M. Morse
    Office: 4102 Chamberlin Hall
    Phone: 262-3989
    E-mail: morse@icecube.wisc.edu
    Home Page: http://icecube.wisc.edu/~morse
              Office Hours: 3:30 Monday , 2:30 Thursday, or by appointment (call)

              TA: Evelina Tsoncheva (Eva)
              Office: 5212 Chamberlin Phone : 265-4978

              E-mail:  tsonchev@skazka.physics.wisc.edu

              Office Hours: 3:30 Tuesday - 2238 Chamberlin

            Syllabus
  •     Lecture: 2:25 MWF in 3335 Sterling
  •     Discussion: 1:20,3:30 M
  •     Exam Review: TBA
           Text
  •  Modern Physics, 4th ed., by P. Tipler and R. Lllewellyn
  •  Notes - Copies of the Lecture notes will be handed out periodically

Other useful books:

  • Modern Physics / Krane. (QC21.2 K7 1996)
  • Modern Physics / Ohanion. (QC21.2 O36 1995)
  • Modern Physics / Serway, Moses & Moyer. (QC21.2 S384 2005)
  • Modern Physics / Sproull & Phillips. (QC174.12 S67 1980)
  • Statistical Physics / Reif. (QC21 B4445 v. 5)
  • Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory and Statistical Mechanics / Sears and Salinger. (QC311 S42 1975)
  • Semiconductor Device Fundamentals / R.F. Pierret
  • Solid State Electronic Devices / B. Streetman

Topics

  • Wave-particle duality: deBroglie relation, wavepackets, probability, uncertainty principle
  • Wave mechanics: Schroedinger equation, particles in a box, operators, expectation values, harmonic oscillator, tunneling
  • Atomic physics: hydrogen atom, electron spin, periodic table, atomic spectroscopy, photons in thermal equilibrium
  • Molecular physics: chemical bonding, molecular spectra
  • Statistical physics: kinetic theory, temperature, equipartition, Fermi distribution
  • Lasers: absorption, stimulated emission, scattering, design of lasers
  • Solid-state physics: crystal structure, electrical conduction in metals and insulators, magnetism, band theory
  • Semiconductors, intrinsic material, effects of doping, junctions, transistors, semiconductor devices

        Exams :

    Four Exams: Three mid-terms and a final

  1. Exam #1: Friday in class, Feb. 17th in class
  2. Exam #2: Friday, Mar. 24th in class
  3. Exam #3: Friday, Apr. 21st in class
  4. Final Exam: Sunday, May.07 at 10:05 AM in TBA.

Homework

Grading
  • Homework 15%
  • Exams: Top three each 25%; lowest 10%

Lecture Notes

Lecture 1: Standing waves
Lecture 2: Traveling waves, particles and de Broglie
Lecture 3: Particles really do sometimes act like waves
Lecture 4: Wavepackets
Lecture 5: The meaning of the wavefunction

Lecture 6: The Schrodinger equation
Lecture 7: The discrete motions of an electron: Stationary-state solutions of the SWE, part 1
Lecture 8: The discrete motions of an electron: Stationary states , part 2
Lecture 9: Comparing with experiment
Lecture 10: Beyond stationary states

Lecture 11: The harmonic oscillator
Lecture 12: Reflection and Transmission of Particles
Lecture 13: The Hydrogen Atom, part 1
Lecture 14: The Hydrogen Atom, part 2
Lecture 15: All atoms besides hydrogen

Lecture 16: Electron spin and the periodic table
Lecture 17: Classical statistics
Lecture 18: Statistics of electron motion, part 1
Lecture 19: Statistics of electron motion, part 2
Lecture 20: Forces between atoms, part 1

Lecture 21: Forces between atoms, part 2, and Molecular spectra, part 1
Lecture 22: Molecular spectra, part 2
Lecture 23: Lasers, part 1
Lecture 24: Lasers, part 2
Lecture 25: Lasers, part 3
Lecture 26: Electrical Conduction
Lecture 27: Electron States in Metals
Lecture 28: Quantum Conduction
Lecture 29: Magnetism

Lecture 30: Energy bands, part 1
Lecture 31: Energy bands, part 2
Lecture 32: Band Structure (power point)
Lecture 33: Doped Semiconductors

Lecture 34: Optical properties of semiconductors

Lecture 35: p-n junctions

Lecture 36: Diodes, Transistors

Lecture 37: MOSFETs, Heterojunctions

Lecture 38: Illuminated junctions: solar cells

Lecture 39: Photodetectors and LEDs

Courtesy : Professor Bob Joynt

Index of Chapters

Chap 5    -  Wave Properties

Chap 6    -   Schrodinger Equation

Chap 7    -  Atomic Physics

Chap 8    -   Statistical Physics

Chap 9    -  Molecular Structure

Chap 10    -  Solid State

Preliminary Syllabus

Week
 Day
 Lecture
 Date
 Chapters
 Exam
 Homework
1
 W
 1
 1/18
 5.1

  F 2 1/20 5.2
2
 M
 3
 1/23
 5.3

No HW

W
 4
 1/25
 5.4


F
 5
 1/27
 5.5,5.6

3
 M
 6
 1/30
 5.7

HW #1 :5.4,5.12,5.16,5.47

W
 7
 2/1
 6.1

  F 8 2/3 6.2,6.3  

4		 M
 9
 2/6
 6.4
HW #2 : 5.26,5.34,6.2,6.8

W
 10
 2/8
 6.5


F
 11
 2/10
 6.6

5 M 12 2/13 6.6  HW #3 : 6.18,6.22,6.28,6.35

W
 13
 2/15
 7.1,7.2


F 14
 2/17
 7.3
 		  

6		 M
 -
 2/20
EXAM #1
Chapters 5,6,-No HW

W
 15
 2/22
 7.4
 

F 16
 2/24
 7.6,7.7

7 M
 17
 2/27
 8.1
 HW #4 : 6.43,6.56,7-2,7-20

W
 18
 3/1
 8.2

  F 19 3/3 8.5  

8		 M
 20
 3/6
 9.1

HW #5 : 7-44,7-46,8-6,8-17

W
 21
 3/8
 9.2,9.3


F
 22
 3/10
 9.4
        Spring Break                                                              
9
 M 23
 3/20
 9.5
HW #6 : 8-31,8-45,9-2,9-11,9-15 

W
 24
 3/22
 9-6


F
 -
 3/24

EXAM #2 		Chapters 7,8

10		 M
 25
 3/27
 9-6
No HW

W
 26
 3/29
 10-1


F
 27
 3/31
 10-2

11
 M
 28
 4/3
 10-3

HW #7 : 9-35,9-38,10-1,10-7
  W 29 4/5 10-4    

F
 30
 4/7
 10-5

12
 M
 31
 4/10
 10-6,10-7

HW #8 : 10-10,10-13,10-15,10-19

W
 32
 4/12
 10-6,10-7

  F 33 4/14  10-7
    
13
 M
 34
 4/17
 10-8


W
 35
 4/19
p-n junctions
HW #9 : 10-20,10-21,10-26,10-28

F
 -
 4/21
EXAM #3
 Chapters 9,10-1 through 10-7
14 M 36  4/24 diodes    

W
 37
 4/26
 transistors

  F
 38
 4/28
 FET's

15
 M
 39
 5/1
 Photovoltaics, solar cells

HW #10 : 10-29,10-34,10-35,10-38
  W 40 5/3 LEDs, lasers    

F
 41
 5/5
 Review of devices
  
Final Exam 10:05 AM Sunday,  May 07,2006 in Room 2241 Chamberlin
Exam #4 - 60 minutes (Lec 34 : Chap 10-8, Solid state devices : Lec 35-41)

last updated : Feb 07, 2006