16 Solids electronic optical

(This is from the original 1993 list with updates pending.)

B.16. Solids - electronic structure, electrical, magnetic & optical properties

-books on solids - electrical, magnetic, & optical properties

Bolton, W. C. (1968), Physics experiments and projects, v.1 Properties of materials (New York, Oxford: Pergamon Press), Call no. QC33 .B65 1968 v.1.

Carlson, T. A. (1975), Photoelectron and Auger Spectroscopy (Plenum), ISBN 0-306-33901-3, Call no. QD 96 E44 C3.

Chamberlain, J. and G. W. Chantry (1973), High frequency dielectric measurement: proceedings of a Tutorial Conference on Measurement of High Frequency Dielectric Properties of Materials, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK, 27-29 March 1972, edited (Guildford: IPC Science and Technology Press), Call no. QC584 .T87 1972.

Coleman, R. V. (1974), Solid state physics, Methods of Experimental Physics, v.11 (New York: Academic), Call no. QC 176 C57.

Dalven, R. (1990), Introduction to Applied Solid State Physics: topics in the applications of semiconductors, superconductors, ferromagnetism, ..., 2nd ed. (Plenum), ISBN 0-306-43434-2, Call no. QC 176 D24 1990.

Hartshorne, N. H. and A. Stuart (1964), Practical Optical Crystallography (American Elsevier).

Hayes, W. and R. Loudon (1978), Scattering of Light by Crystals (Wiley), ISBN 0-471-03191-7, Call no. QC 176.8.O6 H37.

Ibach, H. and H. Lüth (1991), Solid state physics: an introduction to theory and experiment (Springer), ISBN 0-387-52207-7.

Lark-Horovitz, K. and V. A. Johnson (1959), Solid State Physics, Part B: Electrical, Magnetic, and Optical Properties, Methods of Experimental Physics, v. 6B (Academic).

Leverenz, H. W. (1968), An Introduction to Luminescence in Solids (Dover), ISBN (pb).

Moulson, A. J. and J. M. Herbert (1990), Electroceramics: materials, properties, applications (Chapman & Hall), ISBN 0-412-29490-7, Call no. TK 7871.15 C4 M68 1990.

Parker, S. P. (1987), Solid-state physics source book (McGraw-Hill), ISBN 0-07-045503-1, Call no. QC 176 S63 1988.

Pichal, M. (1985), Ed., Optical Methods in Dynamics of Fluids and Solids (Springer-Verlag), ISBN 0-387-15247-4, Call no. TA 357 O68 1985.

Richardson, R. C. and E. N. Smith (1988), Experimental Techniques in Condensed Matter Physics at Low Temperatures (Addison-Wesley), ISBN 0-201-15002-6, Call no. QC 173.4 C65 E97 1988.

Rossiter, B. W. and J. F. Hamilton, Eds., Determination of electronic and optical properties, Physical methods of chemistry, 2nd ed., vol. 8 (New York: Wiley), Call no. QD61 .P47 1986 v.8.

Seesler, G. M. (1987), Ed., Electrets, 2nd enlarged ed. (Springer), ISBN 0-387-17335-8 (pb), Call no. QC 585.8 E4 E43 1987.

Skobeltsyn, D. V. (1965), Ed., Optical methods of investigating solid bodies (New York: Consultants Bureau), Call no. QC1 .A4114 v.25.

Solymar, L. and D. Walsh (1979), Lectures on the Electrical Properties of Materials, 3rd ed. (Oxford), ISBN 0-19-851162-0 9pb0, Call no. QC 176.8 E35 S64 1984.

-miscellaneous papers on solids - electrical, magnetic, & optical properties

Anderson, P. M., III and A. E. Lord, Jr. (1978), "Demonstration of phase transition and properties of metallic glasses for undergraduates," AJP 46, 80-82.

Bauer, S. (1992), "Optical properties of a metal film and its application as an infrared absorber and as a beam splitter," AJP 60, 257-261.

Bergsten, R. (1974), "Optical crystals," AJP 42, 91-99.

Bernstein, T. (1971), "A mechanical model of the spin-flop transition in antiferromagnets," AJP 39, 832-834.

Crawford, J. A. (1966), "Research topic for small colleges: thermoluminescence," AJP 34, 235-240.

Duley, W. W. and P. J. Finnigan (1973), "Project laboratory on the growth of pyroelectric crystals for infrared detector applications," AJP 41, 657-660.

Fisher, L. H. and R. N. Varney (1976), "Contact potentials between metals: history, concepts, and persistent misconceptions," AJP 44, 464-475.

Jirgal, G. H., Jr., M. D. Shaw, and G. A. Nonle (1969), "The additive coloration of alkali halides," AJP 37, 963-967.

Langenberg, D. N. (1968), "Resource letter OEPM-1 on the ordinary electronic porperties of metals," AJP 36, 777-788.

Mansfield, R. (1978), "Shubnikov - de Haas oscillations in degenerate semiconductor," AJP 46, 1154-1157.

Mártil, I. and G. González Diáz (1992), "Undergraduate laboratory experiment: measurement of the complex refractive index and the band gap of a thin film semiconductor," AJP 60, 83-86.

McCormick, J. R. and H. K. Henisch (1965), "Simple equipment for lifetime measurements on semiconductors," AJP 33, 965-967.

Merrill, J. R., D. Pierce, and D. Giovanielli (1970), "A helicon solid-state plasma experiment for the advanced laboratory," AJP 38, 417-421.

Milstein, F. and P. W. Smith, Jr. (1975), "Materials science undergraduate course laboratory in which students perform original research," AJP 43, 793-798.

Morgan, S. H., E. Silberman, and J. M. Springer (1984), "Laboratory experiment on the measurement of pyroelectric coefficients," AJP 52, 542-544.

Peiponen, K. -E. and T. Tsuboi (1992), "Teaching the optical memories," AJP 60, 455-456.

Razdan, K. N. and W. D. Brennan (1973), "Analog computer simulation of Krönig-Penny model," AJP 41, 990993.

Reichert, J. F. (1983), "F-centers: advanced laboratory experiments as a "research project"," AJP 51, 431-433.

Rodriquez, R. and A. Clark (1987), "F center experiments from soft x-rays," AJP 55, 186-7.

Senecal, G. (1971), "Electrical properties of polyethylene crystals: an undergraduate research project," AJP 39, 839-840.

Tanner, B. K. (1980), "Magneto-optical experiments on rare-earth garnet films," AJP 48, 59-63.

Toth, M. J. and R. W. Newman (1976), "Simple laboratory apparatus for monitoring the annealing of color centers in glass," AJP 44, 787-788.

Turner, T. J. (1966), "Study of the simple harmonic oscillator by means of F-center absorption," AJP 34, 301-305.

Vareny, R. N. (1975), "Electrets and electrostatic measurement," AJP 43, 509-513.

Galloway, R. B. (1992), "Honours year projects: apprenticeships in a luminescence laboratory," EJP 13, 249-256.

Kuhn, W. (1980), "The production of colour centers, illustrating quantum mechanical concepts," EJP 1, 65-73.

Sconza, A. and G. Torzo (1985), "A simple apparatus for the measurement of minority carrier lifetime in semiconductors," EJP 6, 295-298.

van Deynse, N. (1984), "A simple laboratory for measuring contact resistance," PE 19, 27-28.

-electron energy states & band gaps

Cant, G. P. (1985), "Brillouin zone demonstrator," AJP 53, 90.

Carey, F. C. and H. Lee (1988), "Observation of surface states of silicon," AJP 56, 947-8.

Collings, P. J. (1980), "Simple measurment of the band gap in silicon and germanium," AJP 48, 197-199.

Fischer, C. W. (1982), "Elementary technique to measure the energy band gap and diffusion potential of pn junctions," AJP 50, 1103-5.

Kirkup, L. and F. Placido (1986), "Undergraduate experiment: determination of the band gap in germanium and silicon," AJP 54, 918-20.

Kolomeychuk, R. J. and A. E. Dixon (1971), "Apparatus for detection of open orbits on the Fermi surface using induced torque method," AJP 39, 643-649.

Manninen, S., K. Hämäläinen, and T. Paakari (1988), "Determination of Fermi momentum using Compton scattering: an undergraduate experiment," AJP 56, 928-33.

Mártil, I. and G. González Diáz (1992), "Undergraduate laboratory experiment: measurement of the complex refractive index and the band gap of a thin film semiconductor," AJP 60, 83-86.

Pireaux, J. J. and R. Caudano (1984), "Experimental picture of the band structure formation in a solid," AJP 52, 821-826.

Sukheeja, B. D. (1983), "Measurement of the band gap in silicon and germanium," AJP 51, 72.

Canivez, Y. (1983), "Quick and easy measurement of the band gap of semiconductors," EJP 4, 42-44.

Kirkup, L. and M. Nicolson (1986), "Band-gap measurements based upon the behaviour of a p-n junction," EJP 7, 49-51.

Sconza, A. and G. Torzo (1989), "An undergraduate laboratory expreiment for measuring the energy gap in semiconductors," EJP 10, 123-126.

-electrical conductivity

Chow, R. H. (1984), "Study on diffusion and recombination of minority carriers by the method of photoconductive decay," AJP 52, 842-844.

Dasheiff, R. M. and W. S. Risk (1972), "Undergraduate experiment on low-temperature dependence of the conductivity of copper wire," AJP 40, 1489-1492.

Ferguson, J. L. (1990), "A simple demonstration of conduction in glass at high temperature," AJP 58, 90.

Jaffe, S. E. and B. Stoeckly (1980), "Audible demonstration device for qualitative analysis of temperature-dependent resistance," AJP 48, 88.

Kamal, R., S. Sikri, and B. R. Sood (1983), "An experiment for studying the electrical conductivity and its critical behavior in ferromagnets," AJP 51, 631-633.

Klein, A. G. (1975), "Positive and negative temperature coefficients of resistance," AJP 43, 1100-1101.

Klein, W. (1987), "In memoriam J. Jaumann: a direct demonstration of the drift velocity in metals," AJP 55, 22-3.

Listerman, T. W. and X. Zhou (1985), "Determining the temperature-dependent characteristic temperature of beryllium from electrical resistance measurements," AJP 53, 460-463.

Thomas, J. F. and R. Deltour (1981), "Temperature dependence of the platinum resistivity: an experiment for students in solid state and cryophysics," AJP 49.

Washburn, S. (1979), "Conductance fluctuations in loops of gold," AJP 47, 1069-1078.

Winch, D. M. (1969), "Elementary experiment on the variation of resistance at low temperatures," AJP 37, 108.

Fox, J. N. and N. W. Gaggini (1987), "A computer-intefaced experiment to measure the electical resistivity of a semiconductor," EJP 8, 273-275.

Sconza, A. and G. Torzo (1987), "A simple and instructive version of the Haynes-Shockley experiment," EJP 8, 34-40.

do Couto Tavares, M., M. C. Fonte Boa, and P. M. C. de Oliveira (1991), "A mechanical analogy for Ohm's law," PE 26, 195-199.

Fox, J. N. (1990), "Temperature coefficient of resistance," PE 25, 167-169.

Owen, A. E. (1970), "The electrical properties of glasses," PE 5, 97-100.

-skin depth & dielectric losses

Robertson, S. H. and H. A. Bickmaster (1992), "A laboratory exercise to determine the complex refractive index of layered dielectrics at 9 GHz," AJP 60.

Seykora, E. J. and J. C. Theys (1966), "Analog crystals and their dielectric behavior," AJP 34, 823.

-Hall effect

Prange, R. E. and S. M. Girvin (1987), Eds., The Quantum Hall Effect (Springer-Verlag), ISBN 0-387-96286-7, Call no. QC 612 H3 Q36 1987.

Putley, E. H. (1968), The Hall Effect and Semiconductor Physics (Dover), ISBN (pb).

- (1966), "Apparatus notes: Hall effect kit," AJP 34, No.5 - ix-x.

Armentrout, C. E. (1990), "The Hall effect in copper: an undergraduate experiment," AJP 58, 758-62.

Driver, H. S. T. (1978), "Comment on "The Hall effect in a flowing electrolyte"," AJP 46, 1275-1276.

George, J., K. S. Joseph, J. B. Pradeep, T. I. Palson, and V. Narayanankutty (1989), "A field stabilized electromagnet for Hall effect studies," AJP 57, 184-5.

Geselowitz, D. B. (1972), "Comment on "The Hall effect in a flowing electrolyte" [J. J. Wright and S. van der Beken, Am. J. Phys. 40, 245 (1972)]," AJP 40, 1183-1184.

Kortright, J. M. (1972), "Low-cost Hall effect lab exercise," AJP 40, 1875-1876.

Kunkel, W. B. k. (1981), "Hall effect in a plasma," AJP 49, 733-738.

Leclerc, M. (1988), "Hall effect and Ampere's law," AJP 56, 954-5.

Turvey, K. and J. J. Dignan (1992), "Optimum rectangular geometry for Hall effect devices and their application in determining properties of electrons in silicon," AJP 60, 608-615.

Van Degrift, C. T., M. E. Cage, and S. M. Girvin (1990), "Resource letter QHE-1: the integral and fractional quantum Hall effects," AJP 58, 109-123.

Parisini, A. and R. Reverberi (1989), "Computer-assisted Hall effect measurements as a function of temperature," EJP 10, 281-285.

Bligh, P. H., J. J. Johnson, and J. M. Ward (1985), "Automating the Hall effect," PE 20, 246-247.

Latey, C. (1988), "Determination of mean drift conduction electron velocity in a conductor," PE 23, 51-54.

Leadstone, G. S. (1979), "The discovery of the Hall effect," PE 14, 374-379.

-collective excitations & quasiparticles (except phonons)

Barker, A. S., Jr. (1974), "An optical demonstration of surface plasmons on gold," AJP 42, 1123-1126.

Maxfield, B. W. (1969), "Helicon waves in solids," AJP 37, 241-269.

Scott, J. F. (1971), "Light scattering from polaritons," AJP 39, 1360-1372.

Simon, H. J., D. E. Mitchell, and J. G. Watson (1975), "Surface plasmons in silver films - a novel undergraduate experiment," AJP 43, 630-636.

Swalen, J. D., J. G. Gordon, M. R. Philpott, A. Brillante, I. Pockrand, and R. Santo (1980), "Plasmon surface polariton dispersion relation by direct optical observation," AJP 48, 669-672.

Tanttila, W. H., J. Cooper, and D. J. Toms (1977), "Demonstration of possible excitations in liquids," AJP 45, 395-396.

-photovoltaics & photoconductivity

Chow, R. H. (1980), "Photovoltaic experiment using light form a solar simulator lamp," AJP 48, 48-50.

Chow, R. H. (1984), "Study on diffusion and recombination of minority carriers by the method of photoconductive decay," AJP 52, 842-844.

Kammer, D. W. and M. A. Ludington (1977), "Laboratory experiments with silicon solar cells," AJP 45, 602-605.

Khoury, A., J-P. Charles, J. Charette, M. Fieux, and P. Miahle (1984), "Solar cells: a laboratory experiment on the temperature dependence of the open-circuit voltage," AJP 52, 449-451.

Kissner, F. (1981), "Inexpensive photovoltaic solar radiometer," AJP 49, 439-442.

Mialhe, P. and J. Charette (1983), "Experimental analysis of I-V characteristics of solar cells," AJP 51, 68-70.

Miller, J. E., A. R. Reed, and D. P. Miller (1966), "Photoelectric charging of an electroscope," AJP 34, 172.

Mullaney, P. F. (1966), "Simple demonstrations of photoconductivity in CdS," AJP 34, 812-813.

Muoy, Y. H., J. P. Charles, and M. Adbelkrim (1981), "Reliable and economical circuit IV characterization solar cells," AJP 49, 508-509.

Kirkup, L. and I. Cherry (1988), "Temperature dependence of photoconductive decay in sintered cadmium sulphide," EJP 9, 64-68.

Mártil, I. and G. González Diáz (1992), "Determination of the dark and illuminated characteristic parameters of a solar cell from I-V characteristics," EJP 13, 193-197.

Buckley, R. W. (1992), "School photovoltaics," PE 27, 323-326.

-electronic device physics

De Cogan, D. (1987), Solid State Devices: a quantum physics approach (Springer), ISBN 0-387-91290-8, Call no. QC 176 D33 1987.

Ferendeci, A. M. (1991), Physical Foundations of Solid State and Electron Devices (McGraw-Hill), ISBN 0-07-020478-0, Call no. QC 176 F44 1991.

Holmes, R. A. (1970), Physical principles of solid state devices (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston), Call no. QC176 .H63.

Lindmayer, J. and C. Y. Wrigley (1965), Fundamentals of semiconductor devices (Van Nostrand).

Moss, T. S., G. J. Burrell, and B. Ellis (1973), Semiconductor opto-electronics (Butterworth), ISBN 0-408-70326-1.

Pierce, J. R. (1966), Quantum electronics: the fundamentals of transistors and lasers (Doubleday-Anchor).

Runyan, W. R. (1975), Semiconductor measurements and instrumentation (McGraw-Hill), ISBN 0-07-054273-2, Call no. QC 611.24 R86.

Sclater, N. (1988), Gallium Arsenide IC Technology: principles and practice (TAB Books), ISBN 0-8306-9389-0, Call no. TK 7871.15 G3 S35 1988.

Sze, S. M. (1981), Physics of Semiconductor Devices, 2nd ed. (Wiley), ISBN 0-471-05661-8, Call no. TK 7871.85 S988 1981.

Wang, S. (1989), Fundamentals of semiconductor theory and device physics (Prentice-Hall), ISBN 0-13-344409-0, Call no. QC 611 W32 1989.

Yang, E. S. (1978), Fundamentals of semiconductor devices (McGraw-Hill), ISBN 0-07-072236-6, Call no. TK 7871.85 Y36.

Davis, J. A. and M. W. Mueller (1977), "Temperature dependence of the emission from red and green light emitting diodes," AJP 45, 770-771.

Fischer, C. W. (1982), "Elementary technique to measure the energy band gap and diffusion potential of pn junctions," AJP 50, 1103-5.

Goodman, R. R., Jr., D. L. Heald, and R. C. Neville (1974), "Laboratory experiment in semiconductor surface-field effects," AJP 42, 572-579.

Kwasnoski, J. B. (1972), "A laboratory investigation of light-emitting diodes," AJP 40, 588-591.

Merrill, J. R. (1969), "An advanced laboratory experiment on tunneling in semiconductor diodes," AJP 37, 269-272.

Rudden, M. N. (1973), "Direct observation of semiconductor diode characteristics," AJP 41, 122-123.

Sparks, P. D. and R. M. Pierce (1988), "Visual observation of a voltage distribution," AJP 56, 513-516.

Trevena, D. H. (1965), "Foward-emitter-diode characteristic of a junction transistor," AJP 33, 244.

Kirkup, L. and S. Wallace (1987), "Temperature dependence of germanium tunnel diode I-V characteristics," EJP 8, 93-97.

Lucia, M. L., J. L. Hernandez-Rojas, C. Leon, and I. martil (1993), "Capacitance measurements of p-n junctions: depletion layer and diffusion capacitance contributions," EJP 14, 86-89.

Mártil, I. and G. González Diáz (1991), "A laboratory experiment for DC characterization of p-n devices," EJP 12, 149-152.

McLuckie, I. F. (1988), "Investigation of zener and avalanche diode characterisitics," PE 23, 251-254.

Wood, M. J. (1985), "Microcomputer controlled C-V plotting in semiconductor devices," PE 20, 305-309.

-magnetic materials

Bradley, F. N. (1971), Materials for Magnetic Functions (Hayden).

Carey, R. and E. D. Isaac (1966), Magnetic domains and techniques for their observation (Academic Press).

Parker, R. J. and R. J. Strudders (1962), Permanent Magnets and their Applications (Wiley).

Barnes, G. (1989), "The two cycles of the rotary Curie-point heat engine," AJP 57, 223-229.

Davis, R. S. (1992), "Using small, rare-earth magnets to study the susceptibility of feebly magnetic metals," AJP 60, 365-370.

Flanders, P. J. (1965), "A simple demonstration of magnetic interactions," AJP 33, 346.

Fox, J. N., N. Gaggini, and J. K. Eddy (1986), "A study of the phase transition of a ferromagnetic material," AJP 54, 723-6.

Henriet-Iserentant, C. and G. Robbrecht (1972), "On the graphical anaylsis of susceptibility measurements on ferrimagnets," AJP 40, 1691-1693.

Juri, L. O., V. I. Bekeris, and R. G. Steinmann (1986), "Skin depth and complex magnetic susceptibility: an experimental alternative approach," AJP 54, 836-8.

Kamal, R., S. Sikri, and B. R. Sood (1983), "An experiment for studying the electrical conductivity and its critical behavior in ferromagnets," AJP 51, 631-633.

Lonc, W. (1992), "A simple demonstration of the Barkhausen effect," AJP 60, 860.

Manasse, F. K. and E. W. Kyllonen (1972), "A simple, low-cost method of measuring ferromagnetic resonance," AJP 40, 1171-1172.

Meng, Y. and Z. Liang (1987), "Improvements in the demonstration of the hysteresis loops of ferromagnetic materials," AJP 55, 933-7.

Pescetti, D. (1969), "Use of 'Monel metal' in laboratory experiments and lecture demonstrations on the Ferromagnetic Curie point," AJP 37, 334.

Prasad, B. S., S. V. Shastry, and K. M. Hebbar (1972), "An experiment to determine the relative permeability of ferrites," AJP 40, 907-910.

Rossing, T. D. (1981), "Anhysteretic magnetization and tape recorder bias," AJP 49, 655-657.

Rothenstein, B. F., C. Tamasdan, and R. Baea (1987), "Learning more from electrical resistivity measurements in ferromagnetic metals," AJP 55, 280-1.

Rubin, L. G. (1972), "Comment on "Magnetic hysteresis measurements with an integrating magnetometer" [J. W. Snider, Am. J. Phys. 39, 964 (1971)]," AJP 40, 639-640.

Saslow, W. M. (1991), "How a superconductor supports a magnet, how magnetically "soft" iron attracts a magnet, and eddy currents for the uninitiated," AJP 59, 16-25.

Scneider, C. S. and J. P. Ertel (1978), "Experiments on magnetic materials," AJP 46, 820-824.

Smith, E. V. (1965), "An ac bridge method for the measurement of Curie points," AJP 33, 167.

Snider, J. W. (1971), "Magnetic hysteresis measurements with an integrating magnetometer," AJP 39, 964-965.

Sood, B. R., R. Kamal, and S. Sikri (1980), "Simple experiment for studying the properties of a ferromagnetic material," AJP 48, 481-482.

Tanner, B. K. (1980), "Magneto-optical experiments on rare-earth garnet films," AJP 48, 59-63.

Bucher, J. P. (1991), "Magnetic marbles as a model for ferromagnetic particle aggregation: fractal dimensions," EJP 12, 142-145.

du Plessis, P. d. V., G. F. Brits, C. Dednam, L. de Konig, K. O'Kennedy, and H. J. van Rijn (1982), "A laboratory project on the electrical resistivity of ferromagnetic matals," EJP 3, 80-82.

Hill, R. W. (1982), "Advanced student experiments in paramagnetism and antiferromagnetism," EJP 3, 75-79.

Sullivan, R. A. L., A. Dunk, P. J. Ford, R. N. Hampton, and J. C. Hopkins (1987), "Undergraduate laboraotry experiment top determine the Curie temperature of nickel using a resistance technique," EJP 8, 300-305.

Bates, P. A. and A. M. Kent (1980), "An apparatus for the determination of Curie temperature," PE 15, 386-389.

Riveiro, J. M. (1983), "Magnetic domains," PE 18, 46-47.

-ferroelectric & piezoelectric materials

Cady, W. G. (1964), Piezoelectricity, vol. 1: an introduction to the theory and applications of electromechanical phenomena in crystals (new revised ed.) (Dover).

Cady, W. G. (1964), Piezoelectricity, vol. 2: an introduction to the theory and applications of electromechanical phenomena in crystals (new revised ed.) (Dover).

Schmidt, V. H. (1969), "Ferroelectricity experiment for advanced laboratory," AJP 37, 351-354.

Donovan, P. E. (1979), "An investigation of the ferroelectric properties of Rochelle salt," PE 14, 100-101.