PHYS 525 Spring 2024

PHYS 525 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Survey of Fundamental Device Physics

Readings and other sources

Unit 1 Reading and reference material

• Class notes
• Introduction to Solid State Physics, C. Kittel
• Semiconductor Physics And Devices: Basic Principles, D.A. Neamen, (2011).

Unit 2 Reading and reference material

• Class Notes
• Introduction to Electrodynamics - D. Griffiths
• Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd ed., J.D. Jackson, Wiley & Sons (1999).

Unit 3 Reading and reference material

• Class Notes
• Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. II, chapters 38, 39, 40
• Understanding Acoustics, S.L. Garrett, Springer (2017).

Unit 4 reading and reference material

• Laser Physics: From Principles to Practical Work in the Lab, M. Eichhorn, Springer (2014).

Unit 5 reading and reference material

• Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd ed., J.D. Jackson, Wiley & Sons (1999).

Unit 6 reading and reference material

• Superconductivity: From Materials Science to Practical Applications, P. Mele et al., Springer (2020).

Unit 7 reading and reference material

• Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Fox and McDonald, Wiley & Sons.
• Mechanics, 3rd edition, K. R. Symon, Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1971.
• Lectures in Elementary Fluid Dynamics, Physics, Mathematics and Applications, J.M. McDonough, Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (2009).