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Course Name	Turkish	Katı Hal Fiziği I
	English	Solid State Physics I
Course Code	FIZ 431E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	-	3	-	2
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Hakan Özgür Özer
Course Objectives		To provide an introduction to how the structure and the behavior of electrons and ions determine the physical properties (mechanical, electronic, optical and magnetic) of solids. To provide a foundation for an advanced condensed matter course.
Course Description		Interatomic forces, binding and crystal structures and, Diffraction in crystals, determination of crystal structure, Lattice vibrations: Thermal, Acoustic, and Optical properties, Metals: The Free electron model, Energy bands in solids: nearly free electron mocel and tight-binding approximation, Semiconductors
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