Introduction to Solid State Engineering. Crystalline state of matter. Quantum phenomena, quantum mechanics. Electrons in atoms, atoms in crystals, electrons in crystals. Energy band structures.

The very first laser used ruby as a solid-state active region in 1960, and there are now hundreds of known alternatives. The most common approach however is to introduce rare-earth atoms into a ...

A scientist gives an answer to a long-standing question in theoretical glass physics: what does it mean to be an order parameter for an inherently out-of-equilibrium system? Starting from first ...