Crystal Lattices in Real and Reciprocal Space.- Electronic Properties of Solids.- Weak and Tight Binding Approximations for Simple Solid State Models.- Examples of Energy Bands in Solids.- Effective Mass Theory.- Lattice Vibrations.- Basic Transport Phenomena.- Thermal Transport.- Electron and Phonon Scattering.- Magneto-transport Phenomena.- Transport in Low Dimensional Systems.- Two Dimensional Electron Gas, Quantum Wells & Semiconductor Superlattices.- Magneto-Oscillatory and Other Effects Associated with Landau Levels.- The Quantum Hall Effect (QHE).- Review of Fundamental Relations for Optical Phenomena.- Drude Theory–Free Carrier Contribution to the Optical Properties.- Interband Transitions.- Absorption of Light in Solids.- Optical Properties of Solids Over a Wide Frequency Range.- Impurities and Excitons.- Luminescence and Photoconductivity.- Optical Study of Lattice Vibrations.
Mildred S. Dresselhaus is professor of physics and electrical engineering and emeriti institute professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA. She is recipient of numerous awards, including the National Medal of Science, the Enrico Fermi Award (2012) and the Kavli Prize in Nano science (2012). Known for her work on carbon nano tubes, graphite, graphite intercalation compounds, fullerenes and low dimensional thermoelectric, she lends her name to several physical theories. Positions and awards of Mildred Dresselhaus:
• Professor, MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1968–present
• Professor, MIT Department of Physics, 1983–present
• Treasurer, National Academy of Sciences, 1992–96
• Director, Office of Science, US Department of Energy, August 2000–January 2001
• Chair, American Institute of Physics Governing Board, March 2003–2008
• Awarded National Medal of Science by President George Bush, November 1990
• 20 x Doctorate Honoris Causa
• Professor Honoris Causa, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil, September 2006
• Elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering, 1974
• Corresponding Member, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 1976
• Elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences, 1985
• Elected as a Foreign Associate of the Engineering Academy of Japan, 1993
• Elected to Membership in the American Philosophical Society, 1995