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R. M. Martin, Electronic Structure – Basic Theory and Practical Methods, Cambridge University Press (2004).
Terminated in academic year 2020/2021
Electronic structure modelling of solids
| Type of study | Follow-up Master |
|---|---|
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Code | 9360-0137/01 |
| Abbreviation | MES |
| Course title | Electronic structure modelling of solids |
| Credits | 3 |
| Coordinating department | CNT - Nanotechnology Centre |
| Course coordinator | Ing. Dominik Legut, Ph.D. |
Subject syllabus
THEORY:
1) Introduction to electronic structure of solids
2) Density functional theory - foundation of first-principles (ab initio) calculations
3) State-of-the-art methodology, approximations and limits of ab initio
4) Phase stability, thermal properties
5) Magnetism and electronic structure
6) Optical transitions
PRACTICAL session:
1) Calculations of mechanical properties
2) Lattice vibrations (phonons) and thermodynamical properties
3) Determination of magnetic ordering, effect of spin-orbit interaction
4) Calculations of optical and magneto-optical properties
1) Introduction to electronic structure of solids
2) Density functional theory - foundation of first-principles (ab initio) calculations
3) State-of-the-art methodology, approximations and limits of ab initio
4) Phase stability, thermal properties
5) Magnetism and electronic structure
6) Optical transitions
PRACTICAL session:
1) Calculations of mechanical properties
2) Lattice vibrations (phonons) and thermodynamical properties
3) Determination of magnetic ordering, effect of spin-orbit interaction
4) Calculations of optical and magneto-optical properties
Literature
Advised literature
P. M. Chaikin, T. C. Lubensky, Principles of Condensed Matter Physics, Cambridge Press (2000).
J. Singleton, Band Theory and Electronic Properties of Solids, Oxford Master Series in Physics (2001).
S. Blundell, Magnetism in Condensed Matter, Oxford Master Series in Physics (2001).
J. Stohr, H. C. Siegmann, Magnetism: from Fundamentals to Nanoscale Dynamics, Springer (2006).
M. Fox, Quantum Optics, Oxford Master Series in Physics (2006).
J. Singleton, Band Theory and Electronic Properties of Solids, Oxford Master Series in Physics (2001).
S. Blundell, Magnetism in Condensed Matter, Oxford Master Series in Physics (2001).
J. Stohr, H. C. Siegmann, Magnetism: from Fundamentals to Nanoscale Dynamics, Springer (2006).
M. Fox, Quantum Optics, Oxford Master Series in Physics (2006).