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.
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This course includes
Hours of videos
749 years, 11 months
Units & Quizzes
27
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Certificate of Completion
It offers experimental exploration of the electronic, optical and magnetic properties of materials through hands-on experimentation and practical materials examples.
Course Currilcum
- Introduction and course overview Unlimited
- The Hamiltonian approach to classical mechanics Unlimited
- The Hamiltonian approach to classical mechanics: Analysis of vibrations in one-dimensional lattice Unlimited
- The Hamiltonian analysis of lattice vibrations: Phononic bandgap Unlimited
- Introduction to quantum mechanical way of thinking Unlimited
- Quantum mechanical systems and measurements: Observables Unlimited
- Quantum mechanical systems and measurements: Spectral decomposition Unlimited
- Quantum mechanical measurements: Symmetries, conserved quantities, and the labeling of states Unlimited
- Symmetries, conserved quantities, and the labeling of states: Angular momentum Unlimited
- The hydrogen atom Unlimited
- Waves in periodic potentials: Part I Unlimited
- Waves in periodic potentials: Part II Unlimited
- Band gap Unlimited
- Band diagrams Unlimited
- The free electron gas: Density of states Unlimited
- Fermi-Dirac distribution Unlimited
- Carriers in intrinsic semiconductors Unlimited
- Engineering conductivity through doping Unlimited
- The P-N junction (the diode) Unlimited
- Light emitting diodes Unlimited
- Reminder / introduction to wave optics Unlimited
- Electromagnetic waves Unlimited
- Layered materials and photonic band diagrams Unlimited
- Origins of magnetization Unlimited
- Hysteresis in ferromagnetic materials Unlimited
- Magnetic domains Unlimited
- Course summary and review for final exam Unlimited
