PHY 1850 F

Homework #3

 

#1:     Kittel    7.1 & 9.2   (Square lattice & Rectangular lattice)

#2:     Kittel    9.5 & 9.7   (Open orbits & dHvA period of potassium)

#3:     Calculate the dispersion relation for a BCC lattice using the Tight Binding Method.  Determine the effective mass for ka << 1.              

#4:     Kittel   10.1 & 10.2  (Field penetration & Critical field in a film)

#5:     Kittel   10.3   (Two-fluid model of a superconductor)

#6:     Kittel  10.5 & 10.6  (London penetration depth & Josephson junction)  

#7:     Extra Credit:     Kittel    9.11**  (Landau levels)

            ** full credit given for deducing energy eigenvalue given at end of problem