The lecture aims to establish a link between the fundamentals of solid state physics and specialized lectures on actual research topics. The following topics will be covered:

• Structure of solids, symmetry
• Quasiparticles in solids - electrons, phonons, plasmons and their experimental observation
• Optical excitation in materials, near-field optics
• Electronic transport and fundamentals of devices
• Expert from various fields of solid state physics will present their experimental techniques

The course program will cover the basics of each topic but likewise discuss current methods and problems of solid state physics. The relevant experimental techniques (diffraction and imaging techniques, spectroscopic techniques, and near-field methods) will be introduced and discussed using examples from actual research.

Literatur

- Ashcroft/Mermin: Solid state physics;

- Yu Cardona: Fundamentals of Semiconductors;

- Hunklinger: Solid State Physics

- Lüth: Solid surfaces, interfaces and thin films;