1. (PHYS 3710) S OLID S TATE P HYSICS 1 Dr. Abeer Kamal Abd El- Aziz Email : Abeer_kz@yahoo.comAbeer_kz@yahoo.com Abeer-kz@hotmail.com PHYS 3710 Outline 1

2. Introduction to Solid State Physics What is Solid State Physics? Atomic bonds and crystal structures Structure of Crystals, Lattices and Translations The Seven Crystal Systems and Fourteen Bravais The Reciprocal Lattice Lattice Planes, and Miller Indices The first Brillouin Zone Determination of Crystal Structures by X-ray Diffraction Phonons Free electron model Band Theory of Solids

3. Total Hours : 42 Lectures Credit hours: 3 hrs, 3(3,1,0) Lecture: 42 hr Tutorial: 28 hr Laboratory: __

4. 4 Schedule of Assessment Tasks for Students During the Semester Asses sment Assessment task (e.g., essay, test, group project, examination etc.) Week dueProportion of Final Assessment 11 st Mid Term exam 715% 22 nd Mid Term exam 1015% 3Quizzes and essays 10% 4Final Exam 1560% PHYS 1010 Outline

5. C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, Wiley; 7 th Ed., (1995). M. Ali Omar, Elementary Solid State Physics, Addison-Wesley, (1993). N. W. Ashcroft and Neil W. Ashcroft (Author) and N. D. Mermin, Solid State Physics, Brooks Cole; 1 st Ed., (1976) 5 PHYS 1010 Outline