3.024
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials
Spring 2013
This course describes how electronic, optical and magnetic properties of materials originate from their electronic and molecular structure and how these properties can be designed for particular applications. It offers experimental exploration of the electronic, optical and magnetic properties of materials through hands-on experimentation and practical materials examples.
Readings
- Ashcroft, Neil W., and N. David Mermin. Solid State Physics . Cengage Learning, 1976. ISBN: 9780030839931.
- Griffiths, David J. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics . 2nd ed. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004. ISBN: 9780131118928.
- Hagelstein, Peter L., Stephen D. Senturia, and Terry P. Orlando. Introductory Applied Quantum and Statistical Mechanics . Wiley-Interscience, 2004. ISBN: 9780471202769.
- Kittel, Charles. Introduction to Solid State Physics . 8th ed. Wiley, 2004. ISBN: 9780471415268.
- O’Handley, Robert C. Modern Magnetic Materials: Principles and Applications . Wiley-Interscience, 1999. ISBN: 9780471155669.
- Pierret, Robert F. Semiconductor Fundamentals: Volume I . 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, 1988. ISBN: 9780201122954.
- Saleh, Bahaa E. A., and Malvin Carl Teich. Fundamentals of Photonics . 2nd ed. Wiley-Interscience, 2007. ISBN: 9780471358329.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.