Credit Weighting: 10 (PG)

Teaching Period(s): Period 1

No. of Student(s): Max. 20

Pre-requisite(s): None

Co-requisite(s): None

Teaching Methods: 36 x 1hr(s) Lectures, 6 x 3hr(s) Practicals

Module Co-ordinator: Dr. F. H. Peters, Department of Physics

Lecturer(s): Staff, Department of Physics

Module Objective: To develop knowledge of solid state physics and photonic materials.

Module Content: Periodic structures, lattices and reciprocal lattices. Thermal properties of free electrons. Electronic states in periodic structures. Electron transport theory. optical excitation of semiconductors and insulators, direct and indirect band-gaps, optical properties, the complex dielectric function, dispersion, absorption and gain, excitons, polaritons. Photonic Band Gaps.

Assessment: Total marks 200: end of year written examination 100 marks; continuous assessment (in-term assigned work, midterm exam and laboratories) 100 marks.

Compulsory Elements: End of year written examination; laboratories; continuous assessment.

Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Late submissions not accepted.

Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%. Students must obtain at least 40% in each of the end of year written examination and continuous assessment components of the examination. For students who do not satisfy this requirement, the lower of the two marks, calculated as a percentage of the total mark for this module, will be returned.

End of Year Written Examination Profile: 1 x 3hr paper.

Requirements for Autumn Supplemental Examination: 1 x 3 hr(s) paper(s) to be taken in Autumn. A pass Continuous Assessment is carried forward (Marks in in-term Lab Work; Homework Assignments, labs etc). No supplemental examination offered unless a pass mask is achieved in the Continuous Assessment portion.