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

Survey of Fundamental Device Physics

Readings and other sources

Unit 1 Superconductivity 

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

Unit 2 Semiconductor Physics 

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

Unit 3 Detection of Ionizing Radiation 

• A. Serway, J. Jewett, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 9th edition
• W. R. Leo, Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments, Springer 1994, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-57920-2
• B. Povh, K. Rith, C. Scholz, F. Zetsche, Particles and Nuclei, Springer 2006, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-540-79368-7
• C. Riedl, Probing nucleon spin structure in deep-inelastic scattering, proton-proton collisions and Drell-Yan processes, https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.03684 
• F. Close, Particle Physics - a very short introduction, Oxford University Press (2004)
• J. Trefil, From Atoms to Quarks - an introduction to the strange world of particle physics, Charles Scribner’s Sons (1980) 

Unit 4 Medical Imaging

Unit 5 Muon Tomography

Unit 6 Lasers

• Laser Electronics. 3rd ed. Verdeyen, Joseph Thomas,  Prentice Hall (1995). 
• Laser Physics: From Principles to Practical Work in the Lab, M. Eichhorn, Springer (2014).