Berry curvature, semiclassical electron dynamics, and topological materials: Lecture notes for Introduction to Solid State Physics

Abstract

Lecture notes used in a graduate-level Introduction to Solid State Physics course at Cornell University, to serve as a supplement to textbooks at the level of Ashcroft & Mermin.

53 pages. Includes homework problems

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• Discovery (theoretical prediction and experimental observation) of a large-gap topological-insulator class with spin-polarized single-Dirac-cone on the surface