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What Is Solid State Physics? Branislav K What is Solid State Physics? Branislav K. Nikoli ć Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, U.S.A. PHYS 624: Introduction to Solid State Physics http://www.physics.udel.edu/~bnikolic/teaching/phys624/phys624.html Condensed Matter Systems Hard Matter Soft Matter Colloidal Polymer Dispersions Melts and Crystalline Solids Non-Crystalline Solutions (Metals, Insulators, Solids Semiconductors) Liquid Crystals Crystalline Solids + Quasicrystals Amorphous Biomatter Defects Solids (Glass) (proteins, (point, membranes, dislocations, Polymer nucleic acids) surfaces and Solids (Glass interfaces) and Rubber) PHYS 624: Introduction to Solid State Physics Basic Notions of Condensed Matter Quasiparticles excitations which look nearly as individual particles as possible - modern condensed matter theory asserts that a solid crystal is actually a gas of weakly interacting quasiparticles . Scalar Bosons (Spin=0) Broken symmetry, long-range order, and order parameters → Phases of matter are characterized by the symmetry of their ground (lowest energy) state (Landau, 1937). Phase Transitions between different broken symmetry states: Classical (at T>0) and Quantum (at T=0). PHYS 624: Introduction to Solid State Physics Quasiparticles vs Collective Excitations − Phonon: This is a collective Electron: a quasiparticle e excitation , corresponding to consisting of a real coherent motion of all the atoms electron and the cloud of − in the solid. It is quantized effective charge of qe lattice vibration with a typical opposite sign due to energy scale ℏω ∼ 0.1 eV exchange an correlation effects arising interaction Exciton: bound state of electron with all other electrons in and hole with binding energy10 eV the system. The electron is a fermion with spin ½. The Plasmon: longitudinal charge Fermi energy (highest oscillations of the entire electron occupied state) is of the gas relative to the lattice of ions order of 5 eV and the due to the long-range nature of the Fermi velocity is 10 8 cm/s , Coulomb interaction so it can be treated like a nonrelativistic particle. The mass of quasiparticle can Magnon: be substantially different Polaron: a quasiparticle , like electron, whose motion collective than that of the free in polar crystals distorts the lattice of positive and excitation of electron. negative ions around it – polaron has different mass the spin than the electron. degrees of freedom on the Hole: a quasiparticle , like the electron, but of opposite charge; it corresponds to the absence crystalline of electron for a single-particle state which lies below the Fermi level. The notion of a hole is lattice with an particularly convenient when the reference state consists of a quasiparticle states that are energy scale fully occupied and are separated by an energy gap from the unoccupied state. ℏω ∼ 0.001− 0.1 eV PHYS 624: Introduction to Solid State Physics Experimental Probes of Condensed Matter Phases and Quasiparticle Dynamics Scattering: Send neutrons or X-rays into the system with prescribed energy and momentum; measure the energy and momentum of the outgoing neutrons or X-rays. NMR: Apply static magnetic field B and measure absorption and emission of magnetic radiation at frequencies of the order geB of ω = . c m Thermodynamics: Measure the response of macroscopic variables (energy, volume, etc.) to variations of the temperature, pressure, etc. Transport: Set up a potential ∇ ϕ or thermal gradient ∇ T and measure the electrical or heat current. The gradients can be held constant or made to oscillate at finite frequency. PHYS 624: Introduction to Solid State Physics Quantum Hamiltonian of Condensed Matter Physics “““”The general theory of quantum mechanics is now almost complete. The underlying physical laws necessary for the mathematical theory of a large part of physics and the whole of chemistry are thus completely known, and the difficulty is only that the exact application of these laws leads to equations much too complicated to be soluble.” P. A. M. Dirac 1929 N2 2 N NP e N Z Z Quantization Hˆ =n + n m ∑ ∑ − ∂ ∂ n=12Mn 2| n ≠ m = 1 R n R m | p≡−iℏ, P ≡− i ℏ ∂r ∂ R TN: motion of nuclei V N− N : interaction between nuclei Nep2 e2 N e 1 NN N e Z +∑i + ∑ − e2 ∑∑ n =2M 2|| ≠ = r− r = = |R− r | i1i i j 1 i j n1 i 1 n i T : motion of electrons V − :interaction between electrons and nucle i e Ve− e :interaction between electrons e N PHYS 624: Introduction to Solid State Physics Complexity in Solid State Hamiltonian Even for chemist, the task of solving the Schrödinger equation for modest multi- electron atoms proves insurmountable without bold approximations. The problem facing condensed matter physicist is qualitatively more severe: 23 NN∼ N e ∼ 10 Energy scales: 10−2 eV− 10 4 eV CM Theorist is entrapped in the “thermodynamic limit” PHYS 624: Introduction to Solid State Physics The Way Out: Separate Length and Energy Scales Energy: ω ,T< 1 e V ∆τ ℏ ℏ −15 ∼ ∼− ∼ 10 s Time: 1eV 10 19 J − − 1 Length: |xi x j |, q ≫ 1Å forget about atom formation + forget abo ut crystal formation m + Born-Oppenheimer approximation for e ≪1 m N ⇓ ˆ=++ ˆˆˆˆ += ˆ =++ Helectronic TVVVe eI−−− ee, eI (rr n ) V eI − ( rr ), n nnn11 a 22 a 33 a PHYS 624: Introduction to Solid State Physics “Non-Interacting” Electrons in Solids: Band Structure Calculations In band structure calculations electron-electron interaction is approximated in such a way that the resulting problem becomes an effective single-particle quantum mechanical problem … ˆ φIE,H,LDA= ε IE,H,LDA φ IE,H,LDA HIE,H,LDA ()rkb () r (,) k b k b () r ˆ= ˆˆˆ + + Helectronic TVe eI− V ee − Ne ˆ= ˆ + ˆ = HIE TVeeI− ∑ H IE (r i ) i=1 ′ ˆ=++ ˆ ˆ 2 ′ n(r ) =φ H 2 =+ HTVedHartree e e− I ∫ r,() n r∑ |()|kb rrr n ( n ) |r− r ′ | ε H ≤ (k ,b ) E F n(r′ ) δELDA [ n ] HHedˆ=+ ˆ ()rr2 ′ +xc e , EndnenLDA [] = rrr ()(()) LDA LDA IE ∫|r− r′ |δn () r xce ∫ xc PHYS 624: Introduction to Solid State Physics From Many-Body Problem to Density Functional Theory (and its LDA approximation) “Classical” Schrödinger equation approach: SE Ψ... Ψ V (r )⇒ Ψ ( r ,… , r )⇒ average of observables 1 Ne Example: Particle density n()r= Ndd rr⋯ d rrr Ψ* (,,)(,,) … Ψ rr … ∫2 ∫ 3 ∫ N Ne N e DFT approach (Kohn-Hohenberg): n()r⇒ Ψ (,,) rr… ⇒ V () r 0 0 1 Ne Ψ(,r… , r ) ≡ Ψ [()]n r 01Ne 00 PHYS 624: Introduction to Solid State Physics Pauli Exclusion Principle for Atoms Without the exclusion principle all electrons would occupy the same atomic orbital. There would be no chemistry, no life! PHYS 624: Introduction to Solid State Physics Many-Body Wave Function of Fermions “It is with a heavy heart, I have decided that Fermi-Dirac, and not Einstein is the correct statistics, and I have decided to write a short note on paramagnetism.” W. Pauli in a letter to Schrödinger (1925). All electrons in the Universe are identical → two physical situations that differ only by interchange of identical particles are indistinguishable! Ψ = Ψ Pxxxij(,,,,,,)1 ……………… i jnij xPxx (,,,,,,)1 jin xx PHHPˆˆˆˆ= ←ΨΨ=Ψ Aˆ PAP ˆˆ† ˆ Ψ⇔ PAAP ˆ ˆˆ = ˆ ij ij ij ij ↑ + Ψ ,Pˆ is even Ψ Ψ ˆ ˆ A α S A PαΨ=Ψ, P α Ψ= S S A − Ψ ˆ A ,Pα is odd ˆˆΨ= ˆ Ψ ˆ = 1 ε ˆ PAα A, A∑ α P α N! α PHYS 624: Introduction to Solid State Physics Pauli Exclusion Principle for Hartree- Fock or Kohn-Scham Quasiparticles “There is no one fact in the physical world which has greater impact on the way things are, than the Pauli exclusion principle.” I. Duck and E. C. G. Sudarshan, “Pauli and the Spin-Statistics Theorem” (World Scientific, Singapore, 1998). Two identical fermions cannot occupy the same quantum-mechanical state: ˆ =ˆ + ˆ + + ˆ Hhh1 2 … h N heˆ φ= φ ⇒ Hˆ Φ = E Φ iiii1,2,,……… Ne 1,2,, N e 1,2,, N e E= ee + +… + e 1,2,,… Ne 1 2 N e φ(1)… φ (1) 1 Ne Φ = 1= 1 1,2,… , N ⋮ ⋱ ⋮ ⇒ nkσ ε− µ e N! e(kσ )/ kB T +1 φ()N⋯ φ () N 1 e Ne e PHYS 624: Introduction to Solid State Physics Energy Bands and Rigid Band Filling E Wide-gap Intrinsic Two-band One-band Insulator Semiconductor Semimetal Metal PHYS 624: Introduction to Solid State Physics Electron-Electron Interactions in Metals Bloch theory of electrons in metals: completely independent particles (e.g., even more sophisticated Hartree-Fock fails badly because dynamic correlations cancel miraculously exchange effects). Why is long-range strong (of the order of kinetic energy) Coulomb interaction marginal in metals? 1. In system with itinerant electrons, Coulomb interaction is very −1 effectively screened on the length scale of k F . 2. In the presence of Fermi surface the scattering rate between + ω ω 2 electrons with energy E F ℏ vanishes proportional to since the Pauli principle strongly reduces the number of scattering channels that are compatible with energy and momentum conservations – Landau “quasielectrons” live very long! DFT (and LDA) only describes an equivalent one-electron substitute system with the same ground- state energy and electron density. Altough we may expect that the ground-state properties are reasonably described, the wave functions and excitation energies (band structures) may be used only if the prerequisites of the Landau Fermi Liquid theory are fulfilled. PHYS 624: Introduction to Solid State Physics Real Free Electrons vs. Landau Quasielectrons Fermi Gas Fermi Liquid A quasiparticle state is in fact − − − τ made of very large number of Ψ(t ) ∼ e iE( k ) t ℏ Ψ(t ) ∼ eiEkt( ) ℏ e t exact eigenstatates of the interacting system.
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