UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

BSc and MSci EXAMINATION 2003

For Internal Students of Royal Holloway

DO NOT TURN OVER UNTIL TOLD TO BEGIN

PH3710B: SEMICONDUCTORS AND SUPERCONDUCTORS

Time Allowed: TWO hours

Answer THREE questions No credit will be given for attempting any further questions

Approximate part-marks for questions are given in the right-hand margin

Only CASIO fx85WA Calculators are permitted

PH3710B/24 Royal Holloway and Bedford New College 2003

GENERAL PHYSICAL CONSTANTS Permeability of vacuum Permittivity of vacuum ?0 ?0 1/4? ? 0 Speed of light in vacuum Elementary charge Electron (rest) mass Unified atomic mass constant Proton rest mass Neutron rest mass Ratio of electronic charge to mass Planck constant c e me mu mp mn e/me h ? = h/2? Boltzmann constant Stefan-Boltzmann constant Gas constant Avogadro constant Gravitational constant Acceleration due to gravity Volume of one mole of an ideal gas at STP One standard atmosphere P0 k ? R NA G g = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 4? ? 10-7 8.85 ? 10-12 9.0 ? 109 3.00 ? 108 1.60 ? 10-19 9.11 ? 10-31 1.66 ? 10-27 1.67 ? 10-27 1.67 ? 10-27 1.76 ? 1011 6.63 ? 10-34 1.05 ? 10-34 1.38 ? 10-23 5.67 ? 10-8 8.31 6.02 ? 1023 6.67 ? 10-11 9.81 2.24 ? 10-2 1.01 ? 105 H m-1 F m-1 m F-1 m s-1 C kg kg kg kg C kg-1 Js Js J K-1 W m-2 K-4 J mol-1 K-1 mol-1 N m2 kg -2 m s-2 m3 N m-2

MATHEMATICAL CONSTANTS e ? 2.718 ? ? 3.142 loge10 ? 2.303