Introduction to Solid State Physics for Materials Engineers. Emil Zolotoyabko

9.11 The three-level scheme widely used for the stimulated light emis...Figure 9.12 Schematic illustration of the semiconductor laser principle.Figure 9.13 Schematic illustration of a photonic structure with periodic mod...

      10 Chapter 10Figure 10.1 Kamerlingh-Onnes' original data showing the sudden drop to z...Figure 10.2 Isotope effect in superconductivity: An increase of

for lighte...Figure 10.3 Energy scheme in the contact region between two normal metals: W...Figure 10.4 Energy scheme in the contact region between normal (N) and super...Figure 10.5 Schematic current (I) – voltage (in units of eU) characteristics...Figure 10.6 Schematic illustration of the tunneling conditions between two s...Figure 10.7 Current (I) – voltage (in units of eU) characteristic for electr...Figure 10.8 Schematic illustration of the Meissner effect: (a) – Expelling t...Figure 10.9 Schematic illustration of a superconducting quantum interference...Figure 10.10 Slow progress (blue points) in increasing critical temperature,...Figure 10.11 Main structural motif of orthorhombic YBa₂Cu₃O₇ (YBCO), reveali...Figure 10.12 Illustration to the calculation of the critical magnetic field ...

      11 Chapter 11Figure 11.1 Orientational distribution of atomic magnetic moments in paramag...Figure 11.2 Langevin function, L(x) (11.7), showing saturation at large valu...Figure 11.3 Normalized spontaneous magnetization (order parameter), as a fun...Figure 11.4 Illustration to the one-dimensional Ising model.Figure 11.5 Schematic presentation of ferromagnetic (a), antiferromagnetic (...Figure 11.6 Illustration to super-exchange in MnO.Figure 11.7 Schematic illustration to the arising of the energy-consuming ma...Figure 11.8 Illustration to the domain wall formation as a result of ferroma...Figure 11.9 Magnetization curves in iron crystal when magnetic field is appl...Figure 11.10 An example of the magnetic hysteresis loop, which is characteri...Figure 11.11 Typical hysteresis loops in soft (a) and hard (b) ferromagnetic...Figure 11.12 Schematics of the magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ): (a) – high-re...Figure 11.13 Magnetic moment of a circular current, I_e.Figure 11.14 Energy scheme illustrating the physical origin of paramagnetism...Figure 11.15 Orientations of local magnetic moments within the Bloch domain ...Figure 11.16 Orientations of local magnetic moments within the Néel dom...

      12 Chapter 12Figure 12.1 Original data of Valasek showing polarization reversal in Rochel...Figure 12.2 The structure of cubic BaTiO₃ (perovskite structure): Ba, black ...Figure 12.3 Schematic presentation of two polarization states in the double-...Figure 12.4 Cubic equation, y = x3 + ux + v...Figure 12.5 Schematic illustration of the 180°-domain coexistence with anti-...Figure 12.6 Domain wall (black solid line) separating two 180°-domains in Ba...Figure 12.7 Domain wall (black solid line) separating two 90°-domains in BaT...Figure 12.8 Schematic illustration of the structural misfit between unit cel...Figure 12.9 Schematic illustration of the arrangement of slightly deformed u...Figure 12.10 Scheme of a SAW device consisting of input and output interdigi...Figure 12.11 Illustration of the working principle of the SAW-based Bragg re...Figure 12.12 Scheme of the ferroelectric FET transistor. An electric current...

      13 Chapter 13Figure 13.1 Illustration of charge particle re-distribution leading to the s...Figure 13.2 Scheme of classical Hall measurements.Figure 13.3 Hall resistivity measured at constant B-magnitude via Hall volta...Figure 13.4 Hall resistivity measurements in GaAs-AlGaAs heterostructures at...Figure 13.5 Schematic illustration of the quantum Hall topological state rev...Figure 13.6 An idealized band structure of a topological insulator. The Ferm...Figure 13.7 Schematic illustration of the quantum spin Hall topological stat...Figure 13.8 Illustration of the Bohr model applied to the hydrogen-like atom...

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