UE Solid state physics II

Goal: This solid-state physics class is the follow up of Solid-State Physics I. It goes one step further in the description of solid properties, including light-matter interactions (polarons, polaritons), effects of magnetic field (Landau levels, Fermi surfaces) and new states of matter (introduction to superconductivity and magnetic order).

Content: 

• Review of electronic band structures.
• Effects of interactions: plasmons, polarons and polaritons.
• Effects of magnetic field: Landau levels, probe of Fermi surfaces, quantum Hall effect.
• New states of matter : superconductivity, magnetic phases, spin Hamiltonians, magnons.

Bibliography:
Introduction to solid state physics, 8th edition, Charles Kittel
Solid state physics, Neil Ashcroft and David Mermin