Bibliography

COURSE TEXTS
  • Required: Electrical Properties of Materials (6th edition), L.
    Solymar and D. Walsh, Oxford Science Publications 1998
    (paperback!)
  • Recommended: Introduction to Solid State Physics (nth edition), C.
    Kittel, Wiley Interscience (1999) (n=7). Good resource, many
    tables, but short on pedagogy.
  • On reserve, ascending difficulty: Introductory Solid State
    Physics
    , H.P. Meyers, Taylor and Francis (1990); Solid State
    Physics
    , H. Ibach and H. Luth, Springer Verlag, 2nd edition
    (1995); Solid State Physics, N. Ashcroft and R. Mermin,
    Harcourt-Brace (1975).
  • Topic-focused resources (not on reserve, but worth checking out):
    statistical mechanics: Thermal Physics, C. Kittel and Kroemer;
    tight-binding theory: Electronic structure and the properties of
    solids
    , W.A. Harrison; semiconductors: Physics of semiconductor
    devices
    , S.M. Sze; magnetics: Modern magnetic materials, R.C.
    O'Handley.

FURTHER STUDY

MSAE 6081x,y, Solid State Physics A,B} (Prof. Stormer, Prof. Pinczuk)

AP4100x, Quantum Physics of Matter (Prof. Herman)

Physics G8066, Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (Prof. Millis)
emphasizing strongly correlated systems and other exotica.

Some overlap, but repeated exposure is helpful.