Credits: 3 (3-0-0)
Prerequisites: PYL100
Overlaps with: PYL102, PYL703, CML102
Description
Electronic Properties: Classical conductivity, Quantum description of conductivity, Effect of alloying in metals, Intrinsic & extrinsic semiconductor properties, Application of Fermi-Dirac statistics, Fermi level & Hall effect, Two probe and four probe measurements, Conductive polymers, Ionic conductors, Superconductors, Device applications (Diode, Ohmic/Schottky junctions etc.).
Dielectric properties: Dielectric constant, Maxwell’s equations, Complex dielectric constant, frequency dependence, Non-linear dielectrics, Chemical synthesis routes.
Optical properties: Beer-Lambert’s law, Transmittance, reflectivity & conductivity, Classical & quantum approach to optical properties, Phonons, Spectroscopy, luminescence, fluorescence, Optical devices (LASERs, LEDs).
Magnetic Properties: Types of magnetism (Ferro-, para-, ferri-, dia- and antiferro-), Susceptibility, Curie temperature, Neel’s temperature, Domain structure and magnet design; Synthesis of magnetic and superconducting materials.