Courses

1. PH 208 (Condensed Matter Physics -I) – Preliminary lecture notes

• Drude Model
• Crystal lattice
• Crystal lattice X-ray diffraction
• Sommerfeld model
• Electrons in weak periodic potential
• Semi-classical model
• Phonons-normal modes
• Phonons-thermal propertiesPH352
• Diamagneticm & paramagnetism, magnetic interactions
• Hartree fock, screening etc. (very elementary discussion)

2. PH 364 (Topological phases of matter (Theory and Experiment))

• Syllabus and references
• Notes on QHE
• Notes on Berry phase note 1 and note 2
• Topics for term paper
• Reference for Majorana modes – https://arxiv.org/pdf/1711.00011.pdf (Majorana quasiparticles in condensed matter)
• Reference for graphene – https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.84.1067 (Electron-Electron Interactions in Graphene: Current Status and Perspectives) and http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0957-4484/23/5/052001/meta (Quantum Hall effects in graphene-based two-dimensional electron systems)

3. PH 325 (Semiconductor Physics)

• Syllabus and references

Some useful resources:

• https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108/108/108108122/
• https://ocw.ece.cornell.edu/courses/ece-5330-semiconductor-optoelectronics/ece-5330-lectures-notes-and-handouts/